Josiah Wedgwood II
Josiah Wedgwood II (3 April 1769 – 12 July 1843), the son of the English potter Josiah Wedgwood, continued his father's firm and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-upon-Trent from 1832 to 1835.
He was an abolitionist, and detested slavery.
Josiah and his brother Thomas gave their friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge a life annuity of £150, with the goal of freeing Coleridge from financial worries and the need to support himself by noncreative work, so that he could pursue his literary and philosophical interests.
This was offered in January 1798, and accepted by Coleridge, who was then a probationary minister in the Unitarian Church, with the condition he discontinued in the ministry.
In 1807, Wedgwood bought Maer Hall in Staffordshire and his family lived there until his death in 1843.
Wedgwood was responsible for the Wedgwood Company's first bone china wares.
Wedgwood married Elizabeth Allen (1764–1846)
and they had four sons and five daughters, two of whom married their first cousins, the offspring of Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood:
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Josiah Wedgwood V
Josiah Wedgwood V( 20 October 1899 – 18 May 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 Haskins in 1919 in Holborn and they had three children:
He succeeded his uncle Francis Hamilton Wedgwood as managing director on his uncle's death in 1930.
Wedgwood modernised production and reinvigorated Wedgwood designs by the employment of artists such as John Skeaping, Keith Murray, Arnold Machin and Eric Ravilious.
After his retirement in 1961, Arthur Bryan( later Sir) became managing director.
Enoch Wedgwood
Enoch Wedgwood( 1813- 1879) was an English potter, founder in 1860 of the pottery firm Wedgwood& Co of Tunstall, Stoke- on- Trent.
He was a distant cousin of the famous potter Josiah Wedgwood, of Josiah Wedgwood& Sons but their two businesses were separate concerns.
Wedgwood married Jane Mattinson( 1814-1880) in 1837.
They had four children, one of whom died in infancy: Enoch Wedgwood became a partner in the firm of Podmore Walker& Co, originally founded in 1834 by Thomas Podmore( 1791- 1860)& Thomas Walker of Tunstall.
Following the death of Thomas Podmore in 1860, Enoch Wedgwood inherited a share in the interests of the business left to him by Podmore.
The firm carried in under the name of Wedgwood& Co.
In later years Wedgwood& Co was renamed Enoch Wedgwood( Tunstall) Ltd in 1965 and in 1980 it was taken over by Josiah Wedgwood& Sons, who renamed it Unicorn Pottery.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Josiah Wedgwood III
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 Susannah Wedgwood, the sister of Charles Darwin.
They had four daughters, one of whom died in infancy:
Francis Wedgwood (1800–1888)
Francis Wedgwood( 25 November 1800 – 2 October 1888) a grandson of the English potter Josiah Wedgwood Born in Tarrant Gunville, Dorset, Wedgwood was the son of the MP Josiah Wedgwood II.
He became a partner in the Wedgwood firm in 1827 and was left in sole charge after the retirement of his father and elder brother Josiah Wedgwood III.
On 26 April 1832 in Rolleston on Dove, he married Frances Mosley, daughter of the Rev. John Peploe Mosley, rector of Rolleston.
She was the granddaughter of the late Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Baronet, and cousin to Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet.
Francis and Frances had seven children: Economic difficulties in the 1840s led to Etruria Works and Etruria Hall being put up for sale, though only the hall was sold, because he had no inclination to live there, as the location had become compromised.
He built a new house on a small estate at Barlaston, which, if less grand, was in a better situation.
He was joined in business by his eldest son Godfrey, and later by his younger sons Clement Francis Wedgwood and Laurence.
Wedgwood retired from business in 1876 and died at Barlaston, Staffordshire in 1888.
Asaiah
Asaiah( Hebrew: עשיה" God made me") was the personal secretary of Josiah, king of Judah in the 7th century BCE, and according to the Bible( II Kings, Chapter 22, and Books of Chronicles 2, Chapter 34), is one of Josiah ’s deputation to the prophet Huldah.

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