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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.
They had a son, Richard Arkwright Junior, who was born the same year. Patience died in 1756, and then in 1761 Arkwright, aged 29, married Margaret Biggins. They had three children, of whom only Susannah survived to adulthood.
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.
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.
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.
- England
- December 19, 1775
- Mary Arkwright, Mary Simpson
- April 23, 1843
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.
Richard Arkwright Junior (1755–1843) bought Sutton Scarsdale Hall in 1824. He was the son of Sir Richard Arkwright who invented the water frame and had a major involvement in the cotton industry. Richard had his father's business acumen and prospered in cotton.
