John Wedgwood (1760-1839)
John Wedgwood may refer to: * John Wedgwood (1721–1767), merchant of London * John Wedgwood (horticulturist) (1766–1844), founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and son of Josiah Wedgwood * J. T. Wedgwood (John Taylor Wedgwood, 1782–1856), line engraver * John Allen Wedgwood (1796–1882), usually known as Allen Wedgwood, vicar of Maer, Staffordshire * Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet (1907–1989), British politician and industrialist * John Wedgwood (doctor) John Wedgwood CBE (28 September 1919 – 30 August 2007), was until his death the heir presumptive to the barony Wedgwood, as elder son of the second son of the 1st Baron Wedgwood. He was a noted British medical doctor, whose death was comm ...

John Wedgwood (1721–1767)
John Wedgwood may refer to: * John Wedgwood (1721–1767), merchant of London * John Wedgwood (horticulturist) (1766–1844), founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and son of Josiah Wedgwood * J. T. Wedgwood (John Taylor Wedgwood, 1782–1856), line engraver * John Allen Wedgwood (1796–1882), usually known as Allen Wedgwood, vicar of Maer, Staffordshire * Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet (1907–1989), British politician and industrialist * John Wedgwood (doctor) John Wedgwood CBE (28 September 1919 – 30 August 2007), was until his death the heir presumptive to the barony Wedgwood, as elder son of the second son of the 1st Baron Wedgwood. He was a noted British medical doctor, whose death was comm ...

John Wedgwood (horticulturist)
John Wedgwood (baptised 2 April 1766 – 26 January 1844), the eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood, was a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm 1790–1793 and again 1800–1812. Life Wedgwood was educated at Warrington Academy and the University of Edinburgh. Wedgwood had an interest in botany and horticulture, particularly the cultivation of tropical fruit and other exotic plants. He was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society having suggested the idea in a letter to William Forsyth, head gardener to King George III, written 29 June 1801 and chairing the first meeting of the society on 7 March 1804. He lived in Abergavenny, Wales, and at Kingscote, Gloucestershire. He was a partner in the Davison and Co. bank in Pall Mall. The Bank failed in 1816, after which time he retired. Wedgwood married Louisa Jane Allen (younger sister of his brother Josiah Wedgwood II's wife, Elizabeth "Bessie" Allen) in 1794. He died in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, in 1844, having had six childre ...
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John Allen Wedgwood
The Reverend John Allen Wedgwood (1796 – 19 July 1882), normally known as Allen Wedgwood was rector of Maer Staffordshire. Wedgwood was the fifth of six children and the fourth and youngest son of John Wedgwood, the horticulturist, of Etruria, Staffordshire and Cote House, Bristol, and his wife Louisa Jane Allen, daughter of John Bartlett Allen of Cresselly, Pembrokeshire. His paternal grandfather had been the potter Josiah Wedgwood who died the year prior to his birth, and the Josiah Wedgwood & Sons pottery company that he had founded gave the family considerable wealth. He was educated at Westminster School. He was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in 1821 and a priest in 1822. He was admitted to Downing College, Cambridge in 1824 as a ten-year man. On 29 January 1839, he officiated at the wedding of his cousins Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood in an Anglican ceremony arranged to also suit the Unitarians in St Peter's Church at Maer Hall. Some years later, ...
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Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Hamilton Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet, (16 November 1907 – 8 December 1989) was a British politician and industrialist. Biography Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Wedgwood was the son of Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet and his wife Iris Veronica Pawson, daughter of Albert Henry Pawson. His younger sister was the historian C.V. Wedgwood. Sir John was educated at Winchester College, at Trinity College, Cambridge and in Europe, where he learnt several languages. He married his second cousin Diane Mildred Hawkshaw (1908−1976), granddaughter of William Forsyth QC, on 6 April 1933. They had five children. * Sir Hugo Martin Wedgwood, 3rd Baronet * John Julian Wedgwood (born 17 June 1936) * Oliver Ralph Wedgwood (born 27 April 1940) * Germaine Olivia Wedgwood (born 5 May 1944) * Adrian Charles Hamilton Wedgwood (10 June 1948 − 9 June 1974) He joined the family pottery firm in 1931 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in 1955. He worked as a travelling salesman and representa ...
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