Editing Edmund Cartwright (section)

==Life==
He was the fourth son of William Cartwright and his wife Anne née Cartwright, born at [[Marnham, Nottinghamshire]].<ref name="ODNB"/> He was educated at [[Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield]]. He matriculated in 1760 at [[University College, Oxford]], where he had studied under-age from 1757. He graduated B.A. in 1764, M.A. in 1766, elected a [[Fellow (college)|Fellow]] of [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] in 1764.<ref name="ODNB"/><ref>{{alox2|title=Cartwright, Edmund}}</ref><ref name="MIT">{{cite web| url=http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/edmund-cartwright | title=Edmund Cartwright | work=Lemelson-MIT | publisher=[[MIT]] | access-date=18 October 2016 }}</ref> He was awarded the degree of [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] in 1806.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Cartwright, Edmund|volume=5|page=435}}</ref> 

Ordained deacon in the [[Church of England]] in 1765, and priest in 1767, Cartwright was appointed rector of [[Kilvington]] in 1767. With other livings, in 1779 he became also rector of [[Goadby Marwood]], [[Leicestershire]], and in 1783, he was elected a [[prebendary]] at [[Lincoln Cathedral]].<ref>{{CCEd |type=person |id=9850 |name=Andrewes, Lancelot |year1=1765 |year2=1824 |accessed=5 September 2023 }}</ref>  

For a time Cartwright served as chaplain to the [[John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford|Duke of Bedford]] at [[Woburn Abbey]] and acted as tutor to the Duke's son, the future Prime Minister [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|Lord John Russell]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Scherer|first=Paul |title=Lord John Russell: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L0xuWohqz3gC|year=1999|publisher=Susquehanna University Press|page=5|isbn=9781575910215 }}</ref> Following the award of the parliamentary grant, Cartwright purchased a small farm in [[Kent]], where he spent the rest of his life. <ref name="EB1911"/>

Edmund Cartwright died in <!-- [[Littlehampton]], --> [[Sussex]] after a lingering illness<ref name="GM">{{cite journal| last=Cave | first=Edward | author-link=Edward Cave | title=Obituary: Rev. Edmund Cartwright|journal=Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_dfAAAAcAAJ | year=1833 | publisher=Edward Cave | page=374}}</ref> and was buried at [[Battle, East Sussex|Battle]].<ref name="MS">{{cite book | author = Strickland, Mary | title = A Memoir of the Life, Writings, and Inventions, of Edmund Cartwright, D.D. FRS, Inventor of the Power Loom, Etc. Etc. | year = 1843 | publisher = Saunders and Otley | location = London | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CbQ3AAAAMAAJ&q=Edmund+Cartwright | access-date = 21 April 2008}}</ref>