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He studied for the church and rose to become a Fellow of Magdalen College. John (1740 - 1824), the third son, pursued a successful naval career before retiring to become a major in the Notts Militia.īut it was Edmund, the fourth son,through his invention of the power loom, who became the most famous of all.Įdmund Cartwright received his early education at Wakefield Grammar School before proceeding to University College, Oxford, when only 14 years of age. For more information on George 'Labrador' Cartwright, Click HERE George (1739 - 1819), the second son, made a career in the army before becoming a noted fur trapper in Canada.He became widely known as 'Labrador' Cartwright. William and Anne had five sons, three of whom had remarkable careers. He was the fourth son of William Cartwright who had married his cousin, Anne, a sister of George Cartwright of nearby Ossington Hall. He was born at Marnham some way to the north of Newark on April 24, 1743. Of all the great inventors and entrepreneurs who forged the basis of Britain's Industrial Revolution, Edmund Cartwright was undoubtedly one of the least likely.īy profession he was a practising cleric, while inclination drew him towards the realms of literature and romantic poetry. Sir Richard Arkwright at his mills - first in Nottingham and then at Cromford in Derbyshire - had already mechanised the production of cotton thread but it was Edmund Cartwright of Marnham who invented the machine by which the thread could be turned into cloth. From the little village of Marnham in Nottinghamshire came the inventor of a machine that would revolutionise the cotton spinning industry across the globe A milestone in the Industrial Revolution The machines owe their originto the work of Edmund Cartwright of Marnham 50 years earlier. ABOVE: This fine engraving of power looms in operation in the 19th Century was published in 1835.