Education
Eton College; Trinity College.
Eton College; Trinity College.
Arkwright was born in Bakewell, Derbyshire, the great-grandson of Sir Richard Arkwright. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1830 and his Master of Arts in 1833. 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, but he was elected unopposed in Leominster at a by-election in February 1842.
14th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th United Kingdom Parliament. 16th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Leominster from 1842 until his death in 1856.