# George Arkwright

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English politician (1807–1856)

**George Arkwright** (20 August 1807 – 5 February 1856) was an English [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician. He was a [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Leominster](/source/Leominster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1842 until his death in 1856.[1]

Arkwright was born in [Bakewell](/source/Bakewell%2C_Derbyshire), Derbyshire, the great-grandson of Sir [Richard Arkwright](/source/Richard_Arkwright). He was educated at [Eton](/source/Eton_College) and [Trinity College](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge), Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1830 and his M.A. in 1833.[2] He was called to the bar from [Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn) in 1833. At the [1837 general election](/source/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election) Arkwright stood unsuccessfully for a seat in Parliament from [Northern Derbyshire](/source/North_Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)),[3] but he was elected unopposed in Leominster at a [by-election](/source/By-election) in February 1842.[1] He died aged 48 in [Piccadilly](/source/Piccadilly).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-craig1832-1885_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-craig1832-1885_1-1) [Craig, F. W. S.](/source/F._W._S._Craig) (1989) [First published 1977]. *British parliamentary election results 1832–1885* (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-900178-26-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900178-26-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Arkwright, George (ARKT826G)"](https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=ARKT826G&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50). *A Cambridge Alumni Database*. University of Cambridge.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECraig1989372_3-0)** [Craig 1989](#CITEREFCraig1989), p. 372.

## Sources

- [*Gentleman's Magazine* obituary](https://books.google.com/books?id=jtYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA426)

## External links

- *[Hansard](/source/Hansard)* 1803–2005: [contributions in Parliament by George Arkwright](https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-george-arkwright)

Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by James Wigram Charles Greenaway Member of Parliament for Leominster 1842–1856 With: Charles Greenaway to 1845 Sir Henry Barkly 1845–1849 Frederick Peel 1849–1852 John George Phillimore from 1842 Succeeded by Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy John George Phillimore

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