page_title: Darwin–Wedgwood family
section_title: Josiah Wedgwood
hierarchical_section_title: Darwin–Wedgwood family / The second generation / Josiah Wedgwood
caption_attribution_description: Josiah Wedgwood II
context_page_description: The Darwin–Wedgwood family are persons descended from both of two particular prominent 18th-century men; Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, founder of the eponymous Wedgwood and Sons pottery company.
  The most notable among them was Charles Darwin, a grandson to each. The family also included at least ten Fellows of the Royal Society, and several artists and poets. Presented below are brief biographical descriptions and genealogical information, and mentions of some notable descendants. The relationship to Francis Galton, and to his immediate ancestors, is also given.
context_section_description: Josiah Wedgwood (1769 – 1843) was the son of the first Josiah Wedgwood, and Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent. He married Elizabeth Allen (1764–1846) and they had nine children:
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  Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood (1793-1880).
  Josiah Wedgwood; (1795 – 1880) married Caroline Darwin, daughter of Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood. They are grandparents of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
  Mary Ann Wedgwood (1796-1798).
  Charlotte Wedgwood (1797–1862) was Charles Langton's first wife. After her death he married her cousin, Emily Catherine Darwin; she is the ancestor of Hugh Massingberd, see below.
  Henry Allen Wedgwood (1799–1885).
  Francis Wedgwood (1800–1888); married 26 April 1832 at Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire Frances Mosley daughter of Rev. John Peploe Mosley and Sarah Maria Paget and granddaughter of Sir John Parker Mosley and Elizabeth Bayley; and was the grandfather of Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood and great-grandfather of CV Wedgwood and Camilla Wedgwood.
  Hensleigh Wedgwood (1803–1891), etymologist, philologist and barrister, author of A Dictionary of English Etymology father of Frances Julia Wedgwood (1833–1913), and grandfather of Bishop J. I. Wedgwood.  His wife, his first cousin on his mother's side, Frances (Fanny) Wedgwood née Mackintosh (1800–1889, daughter of James Mackintosh), was a good friend and correspondent of Harriet Martineau.
  Frances (Fanny) Wedgwood (1806-1832).
  Emma Wedgwood (1808–1896); married Charles Darwin, son of Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood.
caption: Josiah Wedgwood (1769–1843)
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