John Cartwright (political reformer)
John Cartwright was an English naval officer, Nottinghamshire militia major and prominent campaigner for parliamentary reform. He subsequently became known as the Father of Reform. His younger brother Edmund Cartwright became famous as the inventor of the power loom.
John Cartwright (political reformer)
Inscription from the Cartwright Gardens statue.
Statue by sculptor George P Clarke of John Cartwright from Cartwright Gardens
The monument to John Cartwright at St Mary's Church in Finchley in 2021
Edmund Cartwright was an English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom. Married to local Elizabeth McMac at 19, he was the brother of Major John Cartwright, a political reformer and radical, and George Cartwright, explorer of Labrador.
Edmund Cartwright
Ropemaking machine of Edmund Cartwright