Richard Arkwright (30 September 1781 – 28 March 1832)[1] 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), whose invention of the spinning frame and other industrial innovations made him very wealthy.
Young Richard was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He and his five brothers were endowed as landed gentry by their father, who gave Richard £30,000 on his marriage in 1803 (equivalent to £2.91 million in 2024).[3][2] He managed his father's estates at Normanton Turville (near Thurlaston, Leicestershire) and Sutton Scarsdale in Derbyshire.[4]
Living at Normanton Turville, he served as an officer in the yeomanry, and as Member of Parliament for Rye from 1813 to 1818, and from 1826 to 1830.[2]
References edit
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- ^ a b c Fisher, David R. (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "ARKWRIGHT, Richard (1781-1832), of Normanton Turville, Leics. and Sutton Hall, Derbys". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "The Arkwright family in Cromford". Cromford Village website. Retrieved 17 June 2014.