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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Arkwright''' is a surname, deriving from an archaic Old English term for a person who manufactures [[Chest (furniture)|chests]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/arkwright|title = Arkwright Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History}}</ref> and may refer to:<br />
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==People==<br />
*[[Augustus Arkwright]] (1821–1887), Royal Navy officer and MP for North Derbyshire<br />
*[[Chris Arkwright]] (born 1959), English professional rugby league footballer<br />
*[[Francis Arkwright (politician)]] (1846–1915), MP for East Derbyshire 1874–1880 and Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council<br />
*[[Francis Arkwright (cricketer)]] (1905–1942), English cricketer<br />
*[[George Arkwright]] (1807–1856), English politician<br />
*[[Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright]] (1864–1944), British musicologist<br />
*[[Harold Arkwright]] (1872–1942), English cricketer<br />
*[[Henry Arkwright (cricketer, born 1811)]] (1811–1889), English amateur cricketer<br />
*[[Henry Arkwright]] (1837–1866), English amateur cricketer<br />
*[[Ian Arkwright]] (born 1959), English professional footballer<br />
*[[John Stanhope Arkwright]] (1872–1954), British politician<br />
*[[John Arkwright (rugby league)]] (1902–1990), British rugby league footballer<br />
*[[Joseph Arthur Arkwright]] (1864–1944), British bacteriologist<br />
*[[Marian Arkwright]] (1863–1922), English composer<br />
*[[May Arkwright]] (1860–1915), suffrage leader in the early history of the Pacific Northwest of the United States<br />
*[[Paul Arkwright]] (born 1962), British ambassador<br />
*Sir [[Richard Arkwright]] (1732–1792), Englishman credited with inventing the spinning frame<br />
**[[Richard Arkwright junior]] (1755–1843), his son, who further developed his father's inventions<br />
*** [[Richard Arkwright (1781–1832)]], grandson of the inventor, MP for Rye 1813–18 and 1826–30<br />
* [[Richard Arkwright (barrister)]] (1835–1918), barrister and Conservative politician, MP for Leominster 1866–76. Great-grandson of the inventor Sir Richard.<br />
*[[Robert Arkwright]] (1903–1971), British Army general<br />
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==In fiction==<br />
*[[Arkwright (Open All Hours)|Arkwright (''Open All Hours'')]] fictional character from the British television sitcom ''Open All Hours''<br />
*''Arkwright'', a 2016 novel by [[Allen Steele]]<br />
*Luther Arkwright, the protagonist of Bryan Talbot's comic book series, ''[[The Adventures of Luther Arkwright]]''<br />
*Commander Arkwright of the Space Academy, in [[Tom Corbett, Space Cadet]]<br />
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==Places==<br />
* [[Arkwright Town]], Derbyshire, England<br />
* [[Arkwright, Alabama]], United States<br />
* [[Arkwright, Georgia]], United States<br />
* [[Arkwright, New York]], United States<br />
* [[Arkwright, South Carolina]], United States<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Arkwright Scholarships]] in engineering, awarded in the UK<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Occupational surnames]]<br />
[[Category:Surnames of English origin]]<br />
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