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
Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...
,
Wales, and at
Kingscote, Gloucestershire.
He was a partner in the
Davison and Co. Nathaniel Middleton (1750–1807) was a civil servant of the British East India Company, closely involved with Warren Hastings and his dealings with the Nawab of Awadh during the 1770s, and later a principal witness at Hastings's trial.
Background ...
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
Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ...
, in 1844, having had six children, one of whom died young:
* Col. Thomas Josiah Wedgwood (1797–1860), married Anne, daughter of Admiral Sir
Charles Tyler
Admiral Sir Charles Tyler, GCB (1760 – 28 September 1835) was a naval officer in the British Royal Navy who gained fame during the Napoleonic Wars as a naval captain that fought at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801) and Battle of Trafalgar, beco ...
but they had no children. Fought at the
Battle of Waterloo.
* Charles Wedgwood (1800-c.1823)
* Jessie Wedgwood (1804–1872) married her double cousin
Henry Allen Wedgwood
Henry Allen "Harry" Wedgwood (4 April 1799 - 17 October 1885) was an English barrister.
Wedgwood was the third child and second son of Josiah Wedgwood II and his wife Elizabeth Allen. He was a grandson of the illustrious potter Josiah Wedgwood a ...
, son of
Josiah Wedgwood II and Elizabeth Allen. They had six children.
* The Rev. Robert Wedgwood, (1806–1881) Rector of
Dumbleton,
Gloucestershire.
* The Rev.
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, ...
(1796–1862) Rector of
Maer, Staffordshire.
* Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood (1795–1857)
References
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1766 births
1844 deaths
People from Abergavenny
Wedgwood, John 1744
Wedgwood, John 1744
Royal Horticultural Society
People from Cotswold District
Wedgwood pottery