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Hensleigh Wedgwood

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Hensleigh Wedgwood

Birth
Tarrant Gunville, North Dorset District, Dorset, England
Death
2 Jun 1891 (aged 88)
Greater London, England
Burial
Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority, Staffordshire, England Add to Map
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He attended Charles Darwin's funeral in Westminster Abbey.

He married Frances Emma Elizabeth "Fanny" Mackintosh (1800-1889) in 1832, his first cousin, the daughter of Sir James Mackintosh and his second wife Catherine "Kitty" Allen.It was an open family secret that Hensleigh's cousin Erasmus Alvey Darwin was 'carrying on' with Fanny. They had six children:

Frances Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913), feminist philosopher and writer known as "Snow".
James Mackintosh Wedgwood (1834-1874)
Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood (1837-1898)
Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood (1839-1934), married Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer.
Alfred Allen Wedgwood (1842-1892), father of J. I. Wedgwood.
Hope Elizabeth (1844-1935) married her cousin Godfrey Wedgwood.

Wedgwood died on 2 June 1891 at his house at 94 Gower Street, London. He was buried at the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, Stoke on Trent, now known as Stoke Minster.
He attended Charles Darwin's funeral in Westminster Abbey.

He married Frances Emma Elizabeth "Fanny" Mackintosh (1800-1889) in 1832, his first cousin, the daughter of Sir James Mackintosh and his second wife Catherine "Kitty" Allen.It was an open family secret that Hensleigh's cousin Erasmus Alvey Darwin was 'carrying on' with Fanny. They had six children:

Frances Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913), feminist philosopher and writer known as "Snow".
James Mackintosh Wedgwood (1834-1874)
Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood (1837-1898)
Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood (1839-1934), married Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer.
Alfred Allen Wedgwood (1842-1892), father of J. I. Wedgwood.
Hope Elizabeth (1844-1935) married her cousin Godfrey Wedgwood.

Wedgwood died on 2 June 1891 at his house at 94 Gower Street, London. He was buried at the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, Stoke on Trent, now known as Stoke Minster.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126195105/hensleigh-wedgwood: accessed ), memorial page for Hensleigh Wedgwood (22 Jan 1803–2 Jun 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126195105, citing St. Peter ad Vincula Churchyard, Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority, Staffordshire, England; Maintained by stevenkh1 (contributor 47175148).