John Wedgwood

British doctor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish doctor
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasPhysician Doctor
Work fieldHealthcare
Gender
Male
Birth28 September 1919
Death30 August 2007 (aged 87 years)
Star signLibra
Family
Mother:Dorothy Mary Winser
Father:Josiah Wedgwood V
Spouse:Margaret Webb Mason Joann Alice Ripsher
Children:Antony John Wedgwood, 5th Baron Wedgwood Judith Margaret Susanna Wedgwood Simon James Josiah Wedgwood Nicholas Ralph Wedgwood Katherine Sarah Wedgwood
Education
Abbotsholme School
The details

Biography

John Wedgwood CBE (28 September 1919 – 30 August 2007), was until his death the heir presumptive to the barony Wedgwood, as elder son of the second son of the 1st Baron Wedgwood. He was a noted British physician, whose death was commemorated with a long obituary in The Daily Telegraph; his area of specialisation was geriatric medicine and improving conditions for elderly patients.

John Wedgwood was the elder son of the Hon. Josiah Wedgwood – later the managing director of the Wedgwood pottery firm – by his wife the former Dorothy Mary Winser. He was educated at Abbotsholme School and then at Trinity College, Cambridge before going on to Guy's Hospital. He studied surgery but was wounded during the Second World War, which left him unable to stand for long periods of time and therefore unable to practice surgery. He switched to general medicine, initially specialising in cardiology before becoming interesting in geriatric and disability medicine. In 1987 he was appointed CBE for his work.

He was twice married, and had three sons and two daughters by his first wife Margaret Mason whom he married 1943 and divorced 1971. He was also survived by his second wife Jo Tamlyn (née Ripsher) whom he married in 1972.

From 1970 he was the heir presumptive to his nephew, the 4th Baron Wedgwood. His eldest son, Antony John Wedgwood, born in 1944, succeeded as the 5th Baron in January 2014.

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