John Wedgwood

John Wedgwood, the eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood, was a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm 1790–1793 and again 1800–1812.

Wedgwood was educated at Warrington Academy and the University of Edinburgh. Wedgwood had an interest in botany and horticulture, particularly the cultivation of tropical fruit and other exotic plants. He was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society having suggested the idea in a letter to William Forsyth, head gardener to King George III, written 29 June 1801 and chairing the first meeting of the society on 7 March 1804. He lived in Abergavenny, Wales, and at Kingscote, Gloucestershire.

He was a partner in the Davison and Co. bank in Pall Mall. The Bank failed in 1816, after which time he retired.

Wedgwood married Louisa Jane Allen (younger sister of his brother Josiah Wedgwood Jr.'s wife, Elizabeth "Bessie" Allen) in 1794. He died in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, in 1844, having had six children, one of whom died young:

Col. Thomas Josiah Wedgwood (1797–1860), married Anne, daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Tyler but they had no children. Fought at the Battle of Waterloo. Charles Wedgwood (1800-c.1823) Jessie Wedgwood (1804–1872) married her double cousin Henry Allen Wedgwood, son of Josiah Wedgwood II and Elizabeth Allen. They had six children. The Rev. Robert Wedgwood, (1806–1881) Rector of Dumbleton, Gloucestershire. The Rev. John Allen Wedgwood (1796–1862) Rector of Maer, Staffordshire. Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood (1795–1857)

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Biography ==: John Wedgwood (1766-1844) Was the son of Josiah Wedgwood & his wife Sarah.

: He Married Louisa Jane Allen circa 1793
: John Wedgwood, was a horticulturist he lived at the old Cote Houseon the edge of Durdham Down Gloucestershire from 1797 to 1806. The house, which had Gothic turrets and battlements, was demolished in 1925to make way for retirement accommodation Children: of John Wedgwood & Louisa Jane Allen

1. Elizabeth Sarah WEDGWOOD 1795-1857
   
2. Rev. John Allen WEDGWOOD 1796-1882
   
3. Lt.-Col. Thomas Josiah WEDGWOOD 1797-1860
   
4. Caroline Louisa Jane WEDGWOOD 1799-1825
   
5. Charles WEDGWOOD 1800-1820
   
6. Jessie WEDGWOOD 1804-1872
   
7. Rev. Robert WEDGWOOD 1806-1881
   

Sources ==* The Peerage.com (M, #606323)

• Wedgwood, Josiah C. A History of the Wedgwood Family. London: St. Catherine, 1908.,
• Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Joshua G. E. Wedgwood., Wedgwood pedigrees; being an account of the complete family reconstructed from contemporary records. Kendal: T. Wilson & Son, 1925.