Rev.Joseph Arkwright

Rev Joseph Arkwright

   * Born: 1791, Bakewell, Derbyshire 31

   * Marriage: Anne Wigram in 1818

   * Died: 1864 aged 73

Joseph became the vicar of Latton, Essex and rector of Thurlaston in Leicestershire. He married Anne Wigram in 1818 and they had 12 children. The family lived at Normanton Turville in Leicestershire.

Mark Hall was the principal manor in Latton, the parish to the west. Its lands provided most of the site for the post-war Harlow New Town. It had a long succession of important owners. Queen Elizabeth I was a guest at Mark Hall on three occasions ( 1571, 1576 and 1578) when its owner was James Altham, Sheriff of London (1557) and Essex (1570). In 1786 the estate was sold to Montague Burgoyne, brother of the general whose defeat at Saratoga in 1776 played a large part in the loss of the American colonies. The estate was sold in 1819 to Richard Arkwright, son of the man of the same name who invented the so-called 'water frame' which revolutionized the cotton spinning industry and helped usher in the 'Industrial Revolution'. From 1893 to 1943 the estate was let to members of the Gilbey family, which helps explain the fact that one of the dominant industries of the New Town in its early days was a Gilbey's distillery. The main building was destroyed by fire in 1947, and the service wing in 1960. The Victorian-era stable block survives, and is now the home of the Museum of Harlow. Two of the estate's gatehouses survive: East Park Lodge in London Road, opposite Fawbert and Barnard's School, and the north lodge on the at the intersection of Fesants Croft and the cycle path which follows the old Netteswell Road.

1. Occupation/Address: Clergyman, 1841, Mark Hall, Latton, Essex.

2. Occupation/Address: Clergyman without care of souls, 1851, Normanton Turville, Leicestershire.

3. Occupation/Address: Clergyman without cure of souls, 1861, Mark Hall, Latton, Essex.

Joseph married Anne Wigram, daughter of Sir Robert Wigram Baronet and Eleanor Watts, in 1818. (Anne Wigram was born on 22 Feb 1796 in Walthamstow, Essex 31 and was christened on 19 Mar 1796 in Walthamstow, Essex.)

Joseph. Arkwright

College: TRINITY

Entered: Easter, 1812

Died: 29 Feb 1864

More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Apr. 27, 1810. [6th s. of Richard, Esq., of Willersley Castle, Derbs. B. Aug. 9, 1791. School, Eton.] Matric. Easter, 1812; B.A. 1814; M.A. 1817. Of Markshall, Essex, and Normanton Turville, Leics. J.P. for Essex and Herts. Vicar of Latton, Essex, 1820-50. Rector of Thurlaston, Leics., 1824-(?) 45. Married Anne, dau. of Sir Robert Wigram, Bart., Oct. 29, 1818. A well-known huntsman. Master of the Essex Foxhounds, 1861-4; built new kennels at Harlow. One of the largest farmers in Essex. Died Feb. 29, 1864, at Mark Hall. Brother of Charles (1806), etc. and father of Julius (1844),

Other References

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 35