John Doulton married Jane Duneau, a widow from Bridgnorth in Shropshire, who died on 9 April 1841.
[1] They had eight children, including Sir Henry, MP Frederick, Josiah[2][3] and Alfred.
[4] In 1815, soon after John Doulton had completed his apprenticeship as a potter at the Fulham Pottery in London, he invested his life savings of £100 in the Vauxhall Walk pottery of Martha Jones, Lambeth.
Martha Jones withdrew from the partnership in 1820 and the company moved to new premises in Lambeth High Street in 1826.
Following the retirement of John Watts in 1853, Doulton and Watts merged with Henry's company to become Doulton and Company and was highly recognised for its lines of hand decorated figurines, vases and dinnerware.