He married Frances Emma Elizabeth "Fanny" Mackintosh (1800-1889) in 1832, his first cousin, the daughter of Sir James Mackintosh and his second wife Catherine "Kitty" Allen.It was an open family secret that Hensleigh's cousin Erasmus Alvey Darwin was 'carrying on' with Fanny. They had six children:
Frances Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913), feminist philosopher and writer known as "Snow".
James Mackintosh Wedgwood (1834-1874)
Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood (1837-1898)
Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood (1839-1934), married Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer.
Alfred Allen Wedgwood (1842-1892), father of J. I. Wedgwood.
Hope Elizabeth (1844-1935) married her cousin Godfrey Wedgwood.
Wedgwood died on 2 June 1891 at his house at 94 Gower Street, London. He was buried at the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, Stoke on Trent, now known as Stoke Minster.
He married Frances Emma Elizabeth "Fanny" Mackintosh (1800-1889) in 1832, his first cousin, the daughter of Sir James Mackintosh and his second wife Catherine "Kitty" Allen.It was an open family secret that Hensleigh's cousin Erasmus Alvey Darwin was 'carrying on' with Fanny. They had six children:
Frances Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913), feminist philosopher and writer known as "Snow".
James Mackintosh Wedgwood (1834-1874)
Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood (1837-1898)
Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood (1839-1934), married Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer.
Alfred Allen Wedgwood (1842-1892), father of J. I. Wedgwood.
Hope Elizabeth (1844-1935) married her cousin Godfrey Wedgwood.
Wedgwood died on 2 June 1891 at his house at 94 Gower Street, London. He was buried at the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, Stoke on Trent, now known as Stoke Minster.
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