George Pearce Baldwin

Who was George Pearce Baldwin?

George Pearce Baldwin came from Broseley in Shropshire and moved to Worcestershire at the start of the 19th Century, becoming an iron founder at Stourport-on-Severn. He was the son of Thomas Baldwin and Mary Gough.

He had 12 children, the youngest of whom, Alfred, father of the future prime minister Stanley Baldwin, was born in 1841, the year after George died.

He was married to Anne Hill on 16 April 1812; together they had two children: Pearce Baldwin and William Hill Baldwin. He then married Sarah Chalkey Stanley, daughter of Reverend Jacob Stanley, on 4 October 1822. His children by his second wife were: George Baldwin; a second George Baldwin; Stanley Baldwin; Sarah Anne Baldwin; Edward Baldwin; Mary Jane Baldwin; Lucilla Baldwin; Eliza Baldwin; as well as the aforementioned Alfred Baldwin.