Enoch Wedgwood (1813-1879) was an English potter, founder in 1860 of the pottery firm Wedgwood & Co of Tunstall,

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

. He was a distant cousin of the famous potter

Josiah Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the indust ...

, of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons but their two businesses were separate concerns. Wedgwood married Jane Mattinson (1814-1880) in 1837. They had four children, one of whom died in infancy: * Edmund Mattinson Wedgwood (1840-1904), potter. * Charlotte (1843-?) * Alfred Joseph Wedgwood (1845-1846) died in infancy. * Alfred Enoch Wedgwood (1850-1894), potter. Enoch Wedgwood became a partner in the firm of Podmore Walker & Co, originally founded in 1834 by Thomas Podmore (1791-1860) & Thomas Walker of Tunstall. Following the death of Thomas Podmore in 1860, Enoch Wedgwood inherited a share in the interests of the business left to him by Podmore. The firm carried in under the name of Wedgwood & Co. In later years Wedgwood & Co was renamed Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd in 1965 and in 1980 it was taken over by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, who renamed it Unicorn Pottery.

External links

* http://www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/1061a.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20091020062514/http://geocities.com/Heartland/3203/WmIII.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Wedgwood, Enoch 1813 births 1879 deaths English potters People from Tunstall, Staffordshire