i.] ANTECEDENTS. 63 



The Wedgewoods must originally have been of 

 a pure type, because the name was prevalent in 

 the village where the great potter was born, and 

 the bearers of it were largely inter-related, and 

 followed the same craft. He himself married 

 a Wedgewood, who was a third cousin, and both 

 his father and grandfather were potters. (Mete- 

 yard's "Life.") 



First generation. Josiah Wedgewood, F.R.S., 

 " Father of British Pottery/' whose once abund- 

 ant works now fetch fabulous prices. 



Second generation. 3 sons and 4 daughters ; 

 1 son deserves notice, viz. : Thomas Wedgewood, 

 who died young. His abilities were great ; he 

 was an ardent experimentalist, and has some 

 claim to rank as the first person who ever made 

 a photograph. (See p. 7.) 



Third generation, including descendants from 

 the sisters of Josiah Wedgewood, contains : (l) 

 Hensleigh Wedgewood (English Dictionary and 

 " Origin of Language ") ; (2) Charles Darwin, 

 F.R.S. (see under Darwin) ; (3) Sir Henry Hol- 

 land, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., who died subsequently 

 to my having begun this inquiry ; (4) S. H. 



