Clement Wedgwood
English businessman
About Clement Wedgwood
Lived 1840 – 1889 (aged 48).
Clement Francis Wedgwood (25 February 1840 – 24 January 1889) was an English businessman, a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm. The son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife Frances Mosley. He was a great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood.
Family He married Emily Catherine Rendel, daughter of the engineer James Meadows Rendel, on 6 November 1866, and they had five sons, one of whom died in infancy:
Francis Hamilton Wedgwood, JP, High Sheriff, (1867–1930) Clement Henry Wedgwood (1870–1871) died in infancy Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872–1943) Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet (1874–1956) 1st baronet, chief officer of the LNER for 16 years. Arthur Felix Wedgwood (1877–1917), killed during the First World War
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Who was Clement Wedgwood?
English businessman
When was Clement Wedgwood born?
Clement Wedgwood was born on 25 February 1840.
When did Clement Wedgwood die?
Clement Wedgwood died on 24 January 1889.
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