Laurence Wedgwood
Laurence Wedgwood (1844 – 5 May 1913) was a director of the Wedgwood pottery firm.
Laurence Wedgwood
- Name
- Laurence Wedgwood
- Born
- 1844
- Died
- 5 May 1913
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- ceramicist.
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Laurence Wedgwood (1844 – 5 May 1913) was a director of the Wedgwood pottery firm.
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• Name — Laurence Wedgwood • Born — 1844 • Died — 5 May 1913 • Children — 6 • Parents — Francis Wedgwood Frances Mosley • Family — Darwin–Wedgwood family
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Wedgwood was the youngest son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife, Frances Mosley. Wedgwood helped incorporate Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. in 1895. Elder brothers Godfrey and Clement were also in the business. He was the great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. He married Emma Elizabeth Houseman on 18 April 1871 and they had six children: • Kennard Laurence Wedgwood (1873–1949), partner in Wedgwood & sons. • Mary Frances "Molly" Wedgwood (1874–1969) • Gilbert Henry Wedgwood (1876–1963), an officer in the York and Lancaster Regiment • Clement John Wedgwood (1877–1954) • Geoffrey Walter Wedgwood (1879–1897) • Unnamed daughter (born and died 22 October 1882)
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1844
Laurence Wedgwood born.
1913
Laurence Wedgwood died on 5 May 1913.
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