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Josiah "Joe" Wedgwood III (12 January 1795–11 March 1880), a grandson of the 
He married his cousin Caroline Darwin (1800–1888), the daughter of
Wedgwood Website
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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 indus ...
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Wedgwood was the eldest son of Josiah Wedgwood II and his wife Elizabeth Allen. He was born nine days after the death of his grandfather. He was taken into the 1823 partnership 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 ...
business by his father and was employed there until 1842 when he retired to Leith Hill Place in Surrey.
He married his cousin Caroline Darwin (1800–1888), the daughter of Robert Darwin
Robert Waring Darwin (30 May 1766 – 13 November 1848) was an English medical doctor, who today is best known as the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential Darwin–Wedgwood family.
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and Susannah Wedgwood and the sister of Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended ...
. They had four daughters, one of whom died in infancy:
* Sophia Mary Ann Wedgwood (1838–1839) died in infancy.
* Sophy Wedgwood (1842–1911)
* Margaret Susan Wedgwood (1843–1937), married The Reverend Arthur Vaughan Williams and their son was the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
* Lucy Caroline Wedgwood (1846–1919)
External links
Wedgwood Website
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162447/http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/biogresults.asp?BiographySelection=36 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wedgwood, Josiah Iii Darwin–Wedgwood family 1795 births 1880 deaths People from Maer, Staffordshire 19th-century English businesspeople