Baron Wedgwood

1st Baron Wedgwood

Baron Wedgwood, of Barlaston in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] 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 2014, the title is held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his cousin in that year.

Ralph Wedgwood, younger brother of the first Baron, was created a baronet, in 1942.

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 (1954–2014)
• (b. 1944)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Josiah Thomas Antony Wedgwood (b. 1978).

Coat of arms[]

Coat of arms of Baron Wedgwood hide

Crest Upon a ducal coronet a lion passant Argent. Escutcheon Gules four mullets in cross; a canton Argent. Supporters On either side a lion double-queued Argent supporting a staff raguly Gules. Motto Obstantia Discindo [2]

See also[]

• Wedgwood baronets

References[]

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source][better source needed]}