Clement Francis Wedgwood (25 February 1840 – 24 January 1889) was an English businessman, a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm.[1] The son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife Frances Mosley. He was a great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood.
Family
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:[2]
- Francis Hamilton Wedgwood, JP, High Sheriff, (1867–1930)[citation needed]
- Clement Henry Wedgwood (1870–1871) died in infancy[citation needed]
- Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872–1943)[citation needed]
- Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet (1874–1956) 1st baronet, chief officer of the LNER for 16 years.[citation needed]
- Arthur Felix Wedgwood (1877–1917), killed during the First World War[3]
References
- ^ "V&A · V&A Wedgwood Collection".
- ^ Josiah C. Wedgwood, Wedgwood Pedigrees, 1925
- ^ "Casualty Details | CWGC".
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