Josiah Wedgwood II
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Josiah Wedgwood II (1769-1843 was Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent. He was the son of Josiah Wedgwood and the father of Emma Wedgwood.
Jos and his brother Tom gave their friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge a life annuity of £150, with the goal of freeing Coleridge from financial worries and the need to support himself by noncreative work, so that he could pursue his literary and philosophic interests.