Name Josiah III Siblings Emma Darwin Parents Josiah Wedgwood II | Died March 11, 1880 Role Josiah Wedgwood II's son | |
Spouse Caroline Sarah Darwin Wedgwood Children Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams Similar People Emma Darwin, Susannah Darwin, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, Robert Darwin, Anne Darwin | ||
Josiah "Joe" Wedgwood III (12 January 1795–11 March 1880), a grandson of the English potter Josiah Wedgwood.
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 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 and the sister of Charles Darwin. They had four daughters, one of whom died in infancy:
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