George Arkwright
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA George Arkwright (20 August 1807 – 5 February 1856) was an English Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster from 1842 until his death in 1856.[1]
Arkwright was born in Bakewell, Derbyshire, the great-grandson of Sir Richard Arkwright. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1830 and his M.A. in 1833.[2] He was called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1833. At the 1837 general election Arkwright stood unsuccessfully for a seat in Parliament from Northern Derbyshire,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. but he was elected unopposed in Leominster at a by-election in February 1842.[1] He died aged 48 in Piccadilly.
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arkwright, George (ARKT826G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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