Kennard Wedgwood
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Kennard Laurence Wedgwood (11 November 1873-1949) partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm and who imported Wedgwood wares into North America.
Wedgwood was the son of Laurence Wedgwood and his wife Emma Elizabeth Houseman. He was the great-great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. He married Kathleen Wright on 15 July 1908 and they had a daughter Nancy (1910-?).
He became a partner in Wedgwood with his cousins Francis Hamilton Wedgwood and In 1906 Wedgwood went to the United States and set up an office in New York. This became Josiah Wedgwood and Sons USA, an incorporated subsidiary, in 1919.
He retired from the firm in 1947, a second cousin one removed Hensleigh Cecil Wedgwood [1] taking over the American side of the business.
