Person DS/UK/3402 Arkwright; Augustus Peter (1821-1887); Commander Arkwright Augustus Peter Male 1821-1887 6 Mar 1821: Born 1829-1832: Attended school at Seaforth near Liverpool 1833-1835: Attended Portsmouth Naval College Served on HMS Barham, HMS Curacoa, HMS Stag, HMS Pantaloon, and the HMS Caledonia 1869: Retired, having risen to the rank of Commander 1868-1880: Conservative MP for North Derbyshire 6 Oct 1887: Died Augustus Peter Arkwright joined the Royal Navy aged 12 and travelled extensively. Letters to his parents in Derbyshire were sent from many ports including Barcelona, Valencia, Malta, Marseilles, Barbados, Jamaica, Rio de Janeiro, Sierra Leone and Bathurst, The Gambia. In 1842, he was part of the British fleet pursuing slave ships off the West coast of Africa. His vessel "The Prompt" captured a slave ship and Arkwright received a commendation from the Admiralty for his "zeal and courage". Son of Peter Arkwright (1784-1866) and Mary Anne Arkwright nee Hurt (1786-1872), great-grandson of Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) Yes DERBYSHIRE\a700489x 10/06/2020 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 23/12/2021 8ca71d0c-2562-43bb-8809-887b42f2e56d