Baron Wedgwood, of Barlaston in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. 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 2007 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1970. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Josiah Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood (July 12, 1730 – January 3, 1795) was an English potter, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. ... Wedgwood is a British pottery firm, originally founded by Josiah Wedgwood, and possibly the most famous name ever associated with pottery in any form, which in 1987 merged with Waterford Crystal to become Waterford Wedgwood. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, younger brother of the first Baron, was created a Baronet, of Dorking, in 1942. Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood (1874-1956) was the Chief Officer of the London & North Eastern Railway for 16 years from its inauguration in 1923. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...

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 (b. 1954)

Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... George Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (16 March 1872 - 26 July 1943) was a British Liberal and Labour politician who served in government under Ramsay MacDonald. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Francis Charles Bowen Wedgwood, 2nd Baron Wedgwood (20 January 1898 - 22 April 1959) The son of Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood and his wife Ethel Kate Bowen, the daughter of Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hugh Everard Wedgwood, 3rd Baron Wedgwood (20 April 1921 - 25 April 1970) was the third Baron Wedgwood of the pottery dynasty. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Piers Anthony Weymouth Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood (born 20 September 1954) is the fourth Baron Wedgwood of the pottery dynasty and is an international ambassador for the Wedgwood company. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Wedgwood Baronets, of Dorking

The Wedgwood Baronetcy, of Dorking in the County of Surrey, is a baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. ...

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page