George Arkwright

George Arkwright was an English Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Leominster from 1842 until his death in 1856.
Arkwright was born in Bakewell, Derbyshire, the great-grandson of Sir Richard Arkwright. He was educated at Eton and Trinity [College, Cambridge|Trinity College], Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1830 and his M.A. in 1833. He was called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1833. At the 1837 [United Kingdom general election|1837 general election] Arkwright stood unsuccessfully for a seat in Parliament from Northern Derbyshire, but he was elected unopposed in Leominster at a by-election in February 1842. He died aged 48 in Piccadilly.