Josiah Wedgwood II

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Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom businessperson in the ceramics industry human industrialist politician

Josiah Wedgwood II was an English industrialist, politician, and member of the prominent Wedgwood–Darwin family, known for managing the Wedgwood pottery firm and serving as a Whig Member of Parliament.

Aliases (1)

Josiah Wedgwood ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom → businessperson in the ceramics industry → human → industrialist → politician →
birthDate	1769-03-03 →
birthPlace	Etruria, Staffordshire →
child	Emma Wedgwood → Hensleigh Wedgwood → Josiah Wedgwood III →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United Kingdom →
deathDate	1843-07-12 →
deathPlace	Maer Hall, Staffordshire →
employer	Wedgwood pottery firm →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Wedgwood →
father	Josiah Wedgwood I →
genreOfActivity	manufacturing → parliamentary politics →
givenName	Josiah →
industry	ceramics → pottery →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Whig Party →
mother	Sarah Wedgwood →
name	Josiah Wedgwood II →
notableFamily	Darwin–Wedgwood family → Wedgwood family →
notableFor	management of Wedgwood pottery business → service as Whig MP for Stoke-upon-Trent →
notableWork	management of the Wedgwood pottery firm →
occupation	businessperson → industrialist → politician →
parliamentaryTermEnd	1835 →
parliamentaryTermStart	1832 →
partOf	Wedgwood–Darwin family →
positionHeld	MP for Stoke-upon-Trent → Member of Parliament →
relative	Charles Darwin →
representedElectoralDistrict	Stoke-upon-Trent →
residence	Etruria, Staffordshire → Maer Hall →
sibling	Susannah Wedgwood →
spouse	Elizabeth Allen →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Caroline Sarah Darwin → Henrietta Emma Darwin → Henrietta Litchfield → Sarah Darwin ("Josiah Wedgwood") → William Erasmus Darwin →	relative
Emma Darwin → Emma Wedgwood → Hensleigh Wedgwood →	father
Emily Catherine Darwin → Mary Eleanor Darwin → Susannah Darwin →	notableRelative
Susannah Darwin → Susannah Wedgwood → Thomas Wedgwood →	sibling
Josiah Wedgwood I →	child
Anne Elizabeth Darwin →	grandfather
Sarah Darwin →	hasAncestor
Wedgwood family →	hasMember
Josiah Wedgwood II →	name
Maer Hall →	residenceOf