Hensleigh Wedgwood
From Graces Guide
1803-1891
1803 Born Gunville, Dorset, son of Josiah Wedgwood, potter
Educated at Rugby; attended Cambridge; he was last in the class lists for the classical tripos, giving rise to the expression "wooden wedge" (equivalent to the "wooden spoon")
Read for the bar but never practiced
1832 Married Frances Mackintosh; they had 6 children.
1837 Resigned as magistrate for Lambeth because of what he saw as the incompatibility of the oath with the New Testament
Was one of the original members of the Philological Society, with particular interest in the origin of language
1891 Died in Gower Street, London
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Sources of Information
- Dictionary of National Biography