George Arkwright
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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,[3] 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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