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Name
  
Josiah V

Grandparents
  
Clement Wedgwood

Children
  
John Wedgwood

Died
  
May 18, 1968


Parents
  
Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood

Books
  
The economics of inheritance

Great-grandparents
  
Francis Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood V (October 20, 1899 – May 18, 1968) was the Managing Director of the Wedgwood pottery firm from 1930 until 1968 and credited with a transformation in the company's fortunes.

Wedgwood was one of seven children of Josiah Wedgwood IV (later Lord Wedgwood) and The Hon. Ethel Kate Bowen, daughter of Sir Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen. He was the great-great-great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. His sister was the anthropologist Camilla Wedgwood.

He married Dorothy Mary Winser in 1919 in Holborn and they had three children:

  • Dr. John Wedgwood (1919–2007), CBE, MD, FRCP
  • Josiah Wedgwood VI, a.k.a. Ralph J.P. Wedgwood, MD (born 1924)
  • Jennifer Wedgwood (1927–1992)
  • He succeeded his uncle Francis Hamilton Wedgwood as managing director on his uncle's death in 1930. After his retirement, Arthur Bryan (later Sir) became managing director.

    References

    Josiah Wedgwood V Wikipedia


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