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Richard Arkwright junior

Derby industrialist · Founders · Lived 1755 to 1843 · aged 87

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.

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Among his debtors were Samuel Oldknow of Marple and Mellor, his friend. He was one of ten known British millionaires in 1799.

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Lived 1755 to 1843 · aged 87