John Hungerford Arkwright (12 July 1833 – 25 May 1905) was Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire from 27 January 1902 to 5 December 1904, and was one of the wealthiest landowners in that county.

Biography

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Arkwright was born at the family home,

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, near Leominster, in Herefordshire, England, on 12 July 1833. He was the eldest son of John Arkwright Esq. and Sarah, who was the eldest daughter of Sir

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Bart. He was educated at Eton and studied at Christ Church, Oxford. At the age of 25, he inherited the Hampton Court Estate, on his father's death, in 1858. Arkwright also served as a Justice of the Peace. He died on 25 May 1905.

Philanthropy

When the Leominster market hall, Grange Court, was dismantled and stored in the mid-1850s, Arkwright purchased it at auction, then offered the building to the council if they would re-erect it. When they refused, he moved the building himself and rebuilt it near the priory church in 1859. Subsequently, acquired by compulsory purchase, the building remains in local government use.

Family

Arkwright was the great-grandson of the cotton-spinning industrialist Sir

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. His younger brother was

, a barrister and

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(MP) for

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. Arkwright's only son, Sir John Stanhope Arkwright, was elected as MP for

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, at the 1900 general election, and remained so until his

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in 1912. Arkwright also had three daughters, Geraldine Mary Rose, Evelyn Lucy Alice, and Olive Katharine Mary.

Legacy

Arkwright's papers relating to the Hampton Court Estate are in the Herefordshire Record Office. His portrait in oil, by

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in 1906, is in the collection of

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Entry at 'The Peerage'
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arkwright, John Hungerford 1833 births 1905 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Lord-Lieutenants of Herefordshire English justices of the peace