Arkwright is a surname, deriving from an archaic Old English term for a person who manufactures
chests,
and may refer to:
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Augustus Arkwright
Augustus Peter Arkwright (2 March 1821 – 6 October 1887) was a Royal Navy officer and a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.
Arkwrigh ...
(1821–1887), Royal Navy officer and MP for North Derbyshire
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Chris Arkwright (born 1959), English professional rugby league footballer
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Francis Arkwright (politician) (1846–1915), MP for East Derbyshire 1874–1880 and Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
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Francis Arkwright (cricketer) (1905–1942), English cricketer
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George Arkwright (1807–1856), English politician
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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 compos ...
(1864–1944), British musicologist
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Harold Arkwright (1872–1942), English cricketer
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Henry Arkwright (cricketer, born 1811) (1811–1889), English amateur cricketer
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Henry Arkwright (1837–1866), English amateur cricketer
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Ian Arkwright (born 1959), English professional footballer
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John Stanhope Arkwright (1872–1954), British politician
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John Arkwright (rugby league) (1902–1990), British rugby league footballer
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Joseph Arthur Arkwright (1864–1944), British bacteriologist
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Marian Arkwright (1863–1922), English composer
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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 ...
(1860–1915), suffrage leader in the early history of the Pacific Northwest of the United States
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Richard Arkwright (barrister) (1835–1918), barrister and Conservative politician, MP for Leominster 1866–76
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Robert Arkwright (1903–1971), British Army general
In fiction
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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 o ...
*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 ...
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*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
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Arkwright Town, Derbyshire, England
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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
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Arkwright, Georgia, United States
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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 o ...
, United States
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Arkwright, South Carolina
Arkwright is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to the city of Spartanburg in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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, United States
See also
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Arkwright Scholarships
The Arkwright Engineering Scholarship is an engineering award given to engineering students within the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. It has been running since 1991 and, as part of The Smallpeice Trust, has awarded over 6,000 scholarships t ...
in engineering, awarded in the UK
References
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Occupational surnames
Surnames of English origin
English-language occupational surnames