Career
He was the father of Stanley Baldwin, the Conservative Prime Minister. Baldwin was the 12th and posthumously-born child of George Pearce Baldwin and Sarah Chalkey Stanley. Alfred then moved into Wilden House and took over the Wilden Works, changing the name of the business to Baldwins Limited.
As well as being an ironmaster, Alfred also became a director and chairman of the Great Western Railway.
Other public offices held by Alfred Baldwin were those of Justice of the Peace (Justice of the Peace) for Staffordshire, Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire and Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Another sister, Georgiana, married the painter Edward Coley Burne-Jones in 1860.
Alfred Baldwin paid for the construction of All Saints Church, Wilden, which was consecrated in 1880. The original windows were replaced with 14 designs by Burne-Jones between 1902 and 1914.