Arkwright is a surname, deriving from an archaic Old English term for a person who manufactures chests, and may refer to:

People

Augustus Arkwright Augustus Peter Arkwright (2 March 1821 – 6 October 1887) was a Royal Navy officer and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880. Arkwright was the seventh son of Peter Arkwright J.P. of Rock House, near ...

(1821–1887), Royal Navy officer and MP for North Derbyshire *

Chris Arkwright Christopher Arkwright (born 8 February 1959) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level f ...

(born 1959), English professional rugby league footballer *

Francis Arkwright (politician) Francis Arkwright (17 March 1846 – 1 March 1915) belonged to the British gentry. His first wife died after giving birth to a daughter, and he remarried. Arkwright represented East Derbyshire in the British House of Commons from 1874 to 1880. ...

(1846–1915), MP for East Derbyshire 1874–1880 and Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council *

Francis Arkwright (cricketer) Francis Godfrey Bertram Arkwright (30 January 1905 – 1 July 1942) was an English army officer and first-class cricketer. Arkwright was a right-handed batsman. Family Arkwright was the son of Bertram Harry Godfrey Arkwright (1879–1949) and h ...

(1905–1942), English cricketer * George Arkwright (1807–1856), English politician *

Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright (10 April 1864 – 16 August 1944) was a British musicologist. Educated at Oxford, Arkwright was the editor of "The Old English Edition", containing masques, ballets, motets, madrigals, etc., by English composer ...

(1864–1944), British musicologist * Harold Arkwright (1872–1942), English cricketer * Henry Arkwright (cricketer, born 1811) (1811–1889), English amateur cricketer * Henry Arkwright (1837–1866), English amateur cricketer *

Ian Arkwright Ian Arkwright (born 18 September 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wrexham and Torquay United. He played as a winger, and the majority of his League career was spen ...

(born 1959), English professional footballer *

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 ...

(1872–1954), British politician *

John Arkwright (rugby league) John Arkwright (3 December 1902 – 20 January 1990), also known by the nickname of "Big Jack", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for Great Britain ...

(1902–1990), British rugby league footballer *

Joseph Arthur Arkwright Sir Joseph Arthur Arkwright MA MD MRCS FRCP FRS (22 March 1864 – 22 November 1944) was a medical doctor. He was forced to give up his work due to severe dermatitis. He became a bacteriologist and from 1906 joined the Lister Institute of Pr ...

(1864–1944), British bacteriologist * Marian Arkwright (1863–1922), English composer *

May Arkwright May Arkwright Hutton (July 21, 1860 – October 6, 1915) was a suffrage leader and labor rights advocate in the early history of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Biography May Arkwright Hutton, who has been described as an orphan by s ...

(1860–1915), suffrage leader in the early history of the Pacific Northwest of the United States *

Paul Arkwright Paul Thomas Arkwright (born 2 March 1962) is a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2015–18. Early life Arkwright was born in Bolton, and grew up in Lancashire. He is the son of Thomas Arkwright and M ...

(born 1962), British ambassador *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 ...

(1732–1792), Englishman credited with inventing the spinning frame **

Richard Arkwright junior Richard Arkwright junior (19 December 1755 – 23 April 1843), the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, Derbyshire, was a mills owner, turned banker, investor and financier (creditor) of many successful state and private entreprises of the ...

(1755–1843), his son, who further developed his father's inventions ***

Richard Arkwright (1781–1832) Richard Arkwright (30 September 1781 – 28 March 1832) was an English politician. He was the oldest son of Richard Arkwright (died 1843) of Willersley Castle, Derbyshire, and grandson of the entrepreneur Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) ...

, grandson of the inventor, MP for Rye 1813–18 and 1826–30 *

Richard Arkwright (barrister) Richard Arkwright (1835 – 14 November 1918)‘ARKWRIGHT, Richard’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 201accessed 17 June 2014/ref> was an English barrister and Conservative Party politician. Ark ...

(1835–1918), barrister and Conservative politician, MP for Leominster 1866–76 *

Robert Arkwright Major-General Robert Harry Bertram Arkwright & Bar (30 July 1903 – 14 November 1971) was a British Army officer who served in the Second World War and later commanded the 2nd Infantry Division. Arkwright was born in Bickley, Kent, England ...

(1903–1971), British Army general

In fiction

* Arkwright (''Open All Hours'') fictional character from the British television sitcom ''Open All Hours'' *''Arkwright'', a 2016 novel by

Allen Steele Allen Mulherin Steele, Jr. (born January 19, 1958) is an American journalist and science fiction author. Background Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee on January 19, 1958. He was introduced to science fiction fandom attending meetings ...

*Luther Arkwright, the protagonist of Bryan Talbot's comic book series, ''

The Adventures of Luther Arkwright ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' is a limited series comic book written and drawn by Bryan Talbot. The story is adult in tone, with many mythological, historical and political references, and a little explicit sex. English writer Warren El ...

'' *Commander Arkwright of the Space Academy, in

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of ''Tom Corbett—Space Cadet'' stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Corbett, Astr ...

Places

Arkwright Town Arkwright Town, commonly referred to as Arkwright, is a village in Sutton cum Duckmanton, North East Derbyshire, England, that is notable for having moved its location in the early 1990s.Metropolitan Housing Trust stakeholders' newsletter, Octob ...

, Derbyshire, England *

Arkwright, Alabama Arkwright was an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. The community lies near the banks of the Coosa River and is now within the city limits of Vincent. Arkwright was founded in 1907 and was named for Preston Stanley ...

, United States *

Arkwright, Georgia Arkwright is an unincorporated community in Bibb County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United Stat ...

, United States *

Arkwright, New York Arkwright is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 1,000. The town is named after Richard Arkwright, the inventor of a spinning device. Arkwright is in the northeastern quadrant of ...

, United States * Arkwright, South Carolina, United States

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