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Richard Arkwright junior (19 December 1755 – 23 April 1843), the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, Derbyshire, was a mills 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.
Sir Richard Arkwright is remembered for his inventions – as father of the factory system – Richard Arkwright junior’s achievement was the foundation of a dynasty.
14 de abr. de 2021 · Richard Arkwright junior, the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, Derbyshire, was the financier (creditor) of Samuel Oldknow of Marple and Mellor and a personal friend. His son Captain Arkwright married Francis Kemble, daughter of the theatre manager Stephen Kemble.
He also built Willersley Castle, now a Grade II* listed building, in 1791; after a fire in 1792, it was rebuilt and occupied by his son Richard Arkwright junior starting in 1796. Arkwright died at Rock House, Cromford, on 3 August 1792, aged 59, leaving a fortune of £500,000.
Richard Arkwright (23 de diciembre de 1732 - 3 de agosto de 1792) fue un industrial inglés que patentó el bastidor de hilado movido por agua (water frame) en 1769, y fundó la primera factoría de algodón hidráulica del mundo en Cromford, Derbyshire en 1771, siendo uno de los precursores de la Revolución Industrial.
Richard Arkwright Junior (1755–1843) bought Sutton Scarsdale Hall in 1824. He was the son of Sir Richard Arkwright who invented the water frame and had a major involvement in the cotton industry. Richard had his father's business acumen and prospered in cotton.
Find out more about the about the key figures who helped to build the Derwent Valley Mills: Sir Richard Arkwright, who is known as “the father of the factory system”, and his son Richard Arkwright junior; Charles Woolley Bage, the noted pioneer of fire-proof mill structures;
