Josiah Wedgwood V

Who was Josiah Wedgwood V?

Josiah Wedgwood V was the Managing Director of the Wedgwood pottery firm from 1930 until 1968 and credited with a transformation in the company's fortunes.

Wedgwood was one of seven children of Josiah Wedgwood IV and The Hon. Ethel Kate Bowen, daughter of Sir Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen. He was the great-great-great-grandson of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. His sister was the anthropologist Camilla Wedgwood.

He married Dorothy Mary Winser in 1919 in Holborn and they had three children:

Dr. John Wedgwood, CBE, MD, FRCP

Josiah Wedgwood VI, aka Ralph J.P. Wedgwood, MD

Jennifer Wedgwood

He succeeded his uncle Francis Hamilton Wedgwood as managing director on his uncle's death in 1930. After his retirement, Arthur Bryan became managing director.