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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 British Industrial Revolution which his father had helped to catalyse.
- 23 April 1843
- Sir Richard Arkwright, Patience Holt
- 19 December 1755, Bolton
14 de abr. de 2021 · Richard Arkwright junior, the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, Derbyshire, was the financier (creditor) of Samuel Oldknow of Marple and Mellor and a personal friend. His son Captain Arkwright married Francis Kemble, daughter of the theatre manager Stephen Kemble.
- Bolton, England
- Mary Arkwright, Mary Simpson
- England
- December 19, 1775
Sir Richard Arkwright is remembered for his inventions – as father of the factory system – Richard Arkwright junior’s achievement was the foundation of a dynasty.
This scoping report sets out findings from a short research project into the slavery connections of the Arkwrights from the later 18th to the mid 19th centuries undertaken in April to July 2021. It has a specific focus on Richard Arkwright senior, Richard Arkwright junior and Augustus Peter Arkwright.
This is the definitive biography of Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) and the first detailed account of the life of his only son Richard Arkwright junior (1755-1843), and the dynasty of land owning gentry he founded and sustained from his immense wealth.
He also built Willersley Castle, now a Grade II* listed building, in 1791; after a fire in 1792, it was rebuilt and occupied by his son Richard Arkwright junior starting in 1796. Arkwright died at Rock House, Cromford, on 3 August 1792, aged 59, leaving a fortune of £500,000. He was buried at St Giles' Church, Matlock.
Photo credit: Chesterfield Town Hall. Send information to Art Detective. Pickersgill was a nineteenth-century painter specialising in portraits. Many of his works are held by the National Portrait Gallery. Richard Arkwright Junior was the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford Mill.
