Baron Wedgwood
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Baron Wedgwood, of Barlaston in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1942 for the soldier and politician Josiah Wedgwood. He was the great-great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, the founder of the Wedgwood pottery dynasty. As of 2007 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1970.
Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, younger brother of the first Baron, was created a Baronet, of Dorking, in 1942.
[edit] Barons Wedgwood (1942)
- Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872-1943)
- Francis Charles Bowen Wedgwood, 2nd Baron Wedgwood (1898-1959)
- Hugh Everard Wedgwood, 3rd Baron Wedgwood (1921-1970)
- Piers Anthony Weymouth Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood (b. 1954)
Heir presumptive: kinsman Antony John Wedgwood (b. 1944), eldest son of the late Dr John Wedgwood.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
