Arthur Cecil Caporn (16 April 1884 – 25 November 1953) was a British judge and Conservative Party politician.
[1] Born in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, he was the son of Arthur Leeson Caporn, owner of a Nottingham lace-making business.
His father also had business interests in South Africa, and the family spent some years in the Cape Town area.
[1] At the 1931 general election he was chosen by the Conservatives to contest Nottingham West, which was held by Arthur Hayday of the Labour Party.
Caporn won the seat in a bitterly fought contest, but only served a single term in Commons with Hayday regaining the constituency in 1935.