Baron Wedgwood

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1st Baron Wedgwood

Baron Wedgwood, of Barlaston in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] 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 2014 the title is held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his cousin in that year.

Ralph Wedgwood, younger brother of the first Baron, was created a baronet, in 1942.

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 (1954–2014)
  • Antony John Wedgwood, 5th Baron Wedgwood (b. 1944)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Josiah Thomas Antony Wedgwood (b. 1978).

See also

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 35431. p. 401. 23 January 1942.
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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