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About Richard Arkwright junior
Richard Arkwright junior, the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford in Derbyshire, was a mill owner, turned banker, investor and financier (creditor) of many successful state and private entreprises of the British Industrial Revolution which his father had helped to catalyse. Among his debtors were Samuel Oldknow of Marple and Mellor, his friend. He was one of ten known British millionaires in 1799.
Everything about Richard Arkwright junior →- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Position held
- High Sheriff of Derbyshire
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 19, 1755
- Died
- April 23, 1843