Godfrey Wedgwood (22 January 1833 – 9 October 1905) was a partner in the

Wedgwood Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. It was rapid ...

pottery firm from 1859 to 1891. Wedgwood was born in

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, the son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife Frances Mosley. He was taken into partnership by his father in 1859, and was later joined by his younger brothers

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and

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. He and his brothers were responsible for the reintroduction of

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c. 1876 and the employment of the artists Thomas Allen and Emile Lessore. In 1898, like his great-grandfather

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 indus ...

, he suffered the amputation of his right leg. He married twice, first to Mary Jane Jackson Hawkshaw (c. 1836–1863) on 24 June 1862 at St. Peter Pimlico, Westminster, Middlesex with whom he had a son Cecil Wedgwood (1863–1916); but she died in 1863 due to complications of the birth of Cecil. And secondly on 14 October 1876 in Marylebone Register Office to his cousin Hope Elizabeth Wedgwood, daughter of

Hensleigh Wedgwood Hensleigh Wedgwood (21 January 1803 – 2 June 1891) was a British etymologist, philologist and barrister, author of '' A Dictionary of English Etymology''. He was a cousin of Charles Darwin, whom his sister Emma married in 1839. Early life We ...

. They leased Caverswall Castle in Staffordshire between 1878 and 1888. They had a daughter Mary Euphrasia Wedgwood (1880–1952). Godfrey Wedgwood died at Idlerocks and is buried All Saints Churchyard in Moddershall, Staffordshire. A distant relative and namesake, Godfrey James 'Birch' Wedgwood (13 July 1937 – 17 February 2023) founded insurance brokerage Wedgwood Insurance in 1978 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162452/http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/biogresults.asp?BiographySelection=38 * https://englishlocalhistory.wordpress.com/staffordshire-people/cecil-wedgwood/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Wedgwood, Godfrey 1833 births 1905 deaths Darwin–Wedgwood family People from Etruria, Staffordshire English amputees