| 词条 | John Arkwright (politician) |
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Sir John Stanhope Arkwright (10 July 1872 – 19 September 1954) was a British Conservative Party politician. Family lifeBorn in London, he was the great-great grandson of the cotton-spinning industrialist Sir Richard Arkwright and the son of John Hungerford Arkwright. His uncle, Richard Arkwright, was Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster. In 1910, he sold his family home, Hampton Court, near Leominster and purchased Kinsham Court. CareerAt the 1900 general election he was elected as MP for Hereford, a position he served in until his resignation in 1912.[1] In April 1902 he was appointed private secretary (unpaid) to Gerald Balfour, President of the Board of Trade.[2] He was the author of the hymn 'O Valiant Hearts' written to honour the war dead of World War I. In 1934 he was knighted and made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Hereford. Sources
References1. ^{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 |origyear=1974 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-27-2 |page=121}} 2. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Court Circular |day_of_week=Wednesday |date= 16 April 1902 |page_number=10 |issue=36743}}
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| title = Member of Parliament for Hereford | before = Charles Cooke | after = William Hewins | years = 1900 – 1912 }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Arkwright, John Stanhope}}{{Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub}}{{England-Conservative-UK-MP-stub}} 9 : Knights Bachelor|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|Politicians awarded knighthoods|UK MPs 1900–06|UK MPs 1906–10|UK MPs 1910|UK MPs 1910–18|1872 births|1954 deaths |
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