Laurence Wedgwood director of the Wedgwood

Wedgwood

Wedgwood, strictly speaking Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, is a pottery firm owned by KPS Capital Partners, a private equity company based in New York City, USA. Wedgwood was founded on May 1, 1759 by Josiah Wedgwood and in 1987 merged with Waterford Crystal to create Waterford Wedgwood, an...

 pottery firm.

Wedgwood was the youngest son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife Frances Mosley. Wedgewood helped incorporate Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. in 1895. Elder brothers Godfrey

Godfrey Wedgwood

Godfrey Wedgwood was a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm from 1859 to 1891.Wedgwood was born in Etruria Hall, the son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife Frances Mosley. He was taken into partnership by his father in 1859, and was later joined by his younger brothers Clement and Laurence...

 and Clement

Clement Wedgwood

Clement Francis Wedgwood partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm.The son of Francis Wedgwood and his wife Frances Mosley. He was a great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood...

 were also in the business. He was the great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. A prominent abolitionist, Wedgwood is remembered for his "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" anti-slavery medallion. He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family...

. He married Emma Elizabeth Houseman in 18 April 1871 and they had six children, including Kennard Laurence Wedgwood (1873-1949), partner in Wedgwood & sons.