Arthur Knowles

{{short description|English cricketer and industrialist}}

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Arthur Knowles (10 April 1858 – 10 July 1929) was an English industrialist and cricketer, active from 1888 to 1896, who played for Lancashire.{{cite book|editor=Welch, Charles|title=London at the Opening of the Twentieth Century|year=1905|location=Brighton|publisher=W. T. Pike & Co|page=129|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Df81AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA129}} He was born in Manchester and died in Cheshire. He appeared in five first-class matches as a right-handed batsman, scoring 83 runs with a highest score of 16, and held two catches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30837/30837.html Arthur Knowles at CricketArchive] On 26 March 1902, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lancashire.{{London Gazette | issue=27421 |page=2236 | date=1 April 1902}} In 1896, he opened Alvaston Hall