Person:Kennard Wedgwood (1)

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Kennard Wedgwood
b.11 Nov 1873
d.1949
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Name Kennard Wedgwood
Gender Male
Birth[1] 11 Nov 1873
Death[1] 1949
Reference Number? Q6389524?


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Kennard Laurence Wedgwood (11 November 1873 – 19 January 1950) was a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm who imported Wedgwood wares into North America.

Wedgwood was the son of Laurence Wedgwood and his wife Emma Elizabeth Houseman. He was the great-great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. He married Kathleen Wright on 15 July 1908 and they had a daughter Esmé Alice (16 March 1910-?).

He became a partner in Wedgwood with his cousins Francis Hamilton Wedgwood and In 1906 Wedgwood went to the United States and set up an office in New York City. This became Josiah Wedgwood and Sons USA, an incorporated subsidiary, in 1919.

He retired from the firm in 1947, a second cousin one removed Hensleigh Cecil Wedgwood taking over the American side of the business.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kennard Wedgwood, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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