George Pearce Baldwin (17 May 1789 – 1 October 1840) came from Broseley in Shropshire and moved to Worcestershire at the start of the 19th Century, becoming an iron founder at Stourport-on-Severn.
He had 12 children, the youngest of whom, Alfred, father of the future prime minister Stanley Baldwin, was born in 1841, the year after George died.
This ironworks incorporated Wilden Forge (which had been built in 1647 by Thomas Foley (1616-1677).
It had usually been operated by (or for) members of the Foley family until 1776, and after that by various tenants (see Wilden Ironworks for details).
The Wilden Works were taken over in 1870 by the youngest half-brother of Pearce and William, Alfred.