11 Facts About Arthur Arnold

Sir Arthur Arnold was a British Liberal politician and author.

Arthur Arnold was the third son of Robert Coles Arnold, a justice of the peace of Framfield, Sussex, and the younger brother of poet Sir Edwin Arnold.

Arthur Arnold made a tour of southern and eastern Europe in 1867, and became a strong supporter of the Kingdom of Greece a position he set out in From the Levant.

Arthur Arnold's wife was a campaigner for women's suffrage and a prominent public figure in her own right.

Arthur Arnold was a member of the Radical faction of the Liberal Party, and in 1868 was the first editor of The Echo, a Liberal evening paper.

In 1875, soon after the sale of the Echo to Albert Grant, Arnold resigned his editorship and journeyed through the Middle East with his wife.

Arthur Arnold published an account of the thousand-mile journey in 1877 as Through Persia by Caravan.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 split the parliamentary borough of Salford into three single-member divisions, and Arthur Arnold stood unsuccessfully for the new Salford North constituency in 1885 and 1886.

Arthur Arnold was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the County of London, and a Board of Trade Harbour Commissioner and JP for Dartmouth.

Arthur Arnold's beliefs were reflected in his presidency of the Free Land League and his membership of the London Anti-Vivisection Society.

Sir Arthur Arnold died suddenly at his Kensington, London, home in May 1902, aged 68.