Richard Arkwright (1835 – 14 November 1918)
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and Conservative Party
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politician.
Arkwright was the second son of John Arkwright, of Hampton Court
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, Herefordshire
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, and the great-grandson of the cotton-spinning industrialist Sir Richard Arkwright
Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as t ...
. His brother, John Hungerford Arkwright
John Hungerford Arkwright (12 July 1833 – 25 May 1905) was Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire from 27 January 1902 to 5 December 1904, and was one of the wealthiest landowners in that county.
Biography
Arkwright was born at the family home, ...
, was Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire
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, whose son John Stanhope Arkwright
Sir John Stanhope Arkwright (10 July 1872 – 19 September 1954) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Family life
Born in London, he was the great-great grandson of the cotton-spinning industrialist Sir Richard Arkwright and the son ...
was also an MP. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge
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, graduating in 1857. He was called to the bar
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from Lincoln's Inn
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in 1859 and in 1862 married Lady Mary Caroline Byng, a daughter of the Earl of Strafford
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.
Arkwright was elected as Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Leominster
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at an unopposed by-election in February 1866,resigned
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from the House of Commons
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on 8 February 1876.by-election
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, the Leominster seat was gained by a Liberal.
After retiring from parliament, Arkwright was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire.
References
* ''Dod's Parliamentary Companion
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It provides biographies and contact information on members of the Houses of Parliament and the Ci ...
'', 1872
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1835 births
1918 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
People from Leominster
People educated at Harrow School
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire
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