George Arkwright

George Arkwright (20 August 1807 – 5 February 1856) was an English Conservative Party politician.

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster from 1842 until his death in 1856.

He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, receiving his B.A.

[2] 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,[3] but he was elected unopposed in Leominster at a by-election in February 1842.