Thomas Wedgwood (1685-1739) Master Potter of the Churchyard Work, Burslem. Eleder son and heir of Thomas Wedgwood and Mary Leigh of Burslem. He was the father of Josiah Wedgwood, the famous Potter. His eldest son, Thomas Wedgwood IV (1716-1773) taught the young Josiah the Potters trade. His daughter Catherine Wedgwood (wife of Rev. WIlliam Willets) was the ancestress of Sir Henry Holland (Queen Victoria's Physician), the Viscount's Knutsford, Earl Buxton (sometime Governor General of South Africa, and the present Duke of Grafton. Josiah Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood (July 12, 1730 – January 3, 1795) was an English potter, credited with the industrialisation of the manufacture of pottery. ...

From his daughter Margaret descends film actor Cary Elwes. Cary Elwes (born Ivan Simon Cary Elwes in England on October 26, 1962) is a British actor. ...

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Wedgwood Family History (http://www.wedgwood.org.uk) --172.212.0.71 17:35, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)