Richard Arkwright (1781–1832)
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 £2.47 million in 2016[3]).[2] He managed his father's estates at Normanton Turville in 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
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- 1 2 3 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 CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
- ↑ "The Arkwright family in Cromford". Cromford Village website. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Arkwright
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Phillipps Lamb Charles Wetherell |
Member of Parliament for Rye 1813 – 1818 With: Thomas Phillipps Lamb to 1816 John Maberly 1816–18 |
Succeeded by Charles Arbuthnot Peter Browne |
| Preceded by Robert Knight Peter Browne |
Member of Parliament for Rye 1826 – 1830 With: Henry Bonham 1816–30 Philip Pusey 1830 George de Lacy Evans 1830 |
Succeeded by Francis Robert Bonham Hugh Duncan Baillie |