Career
He was an abolitionist, and detested slavery. This was offered in January 1798, and accepted by Coleridge, who was then a probationary minister in the Unitarian Church, with the condition he discontinued in the ministry. In 1807, Wedgwood bought Maer Hall in Staffordshire and his family lived there until his death in 1843.
Wedgwood was responsible for the Wedgwood Company’s first bone china wares.
Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood (1793-1880), died unmarried. Mary Anne Wedgwood (1796-1798) died as an infant.
Charlotte Wedgwood (1797–1862). Married Charles Langton (1801–1886) in 1832.
Francis "Frank" Wedgwood (1800–1888)
Hensleigh Wedgwood (1803–1891)
Fanny Wedgwood, died unmarried in August 1832 at the age of 26.