Baron Wedgwood

Baron Wedgwood

Baron Wedgwood, of Barlaston in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for the soldier and politician Josiah Wedgwood. He was the great-great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, the founder of the Wedgwood pottery dynasty. As of 2007 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1970.

Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, younger brother of the first Baron, was created a Baronet, of Dorking, in 1942.

Barons Wedgwood (1942)

*Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872-1943)
*Francis Charles Bowen Wedgwood, 2nd Baron Wedgwood (1898-1959)
*Hugh Everard Wedgwood, 3rd Baron Wedgwood (1921-1970)
*Piers Anthony Weymouth Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood (b. 1954)

Heir presumptive: kinsman Antony John Wedgwood (b. 1944), eldest son of the late Dr John Wedgwood.

ee also

*Wedgwood Baronets, of Dorking

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]


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