Clement Wedgwood

Clement Wedgwood

Clement Francis Wedgwood (25 February 1840 - 24 January 1889) partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm.

The son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife Frances Mosley. He was a great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. He married Emily Catherine Rendel, daughter of the engineer James Meadows Rendel, on 6 November 1866 and they had five sons, one of whom died in infancy:

  • Francis Hamilton Wedgwood, JP, High Sheriff, (1867-1930)
  • Clement Henry Wedgwood (1870-1871) died in infancy
  • Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872-1943)
  • Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet (1874-1956) 1st baronet, chief officer of the LNER for 16 years.
  • Arthur Felix Wedgwood (1877-1917), killed during the First World War [1]

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