Cartwright, John, 1740-1824, English reformer and pamphleteer; brother of Edmund Cartwright. He had an early career in the navy. He declined to fight the American colonists and wrote American Independence: the Interest and Glory of Great Britain (1774). A major in the Nottinghamshire militia (1775-92), he was deprived of his commission in the hysteria at the time of the French Revolutionary Wars. He came to be called the "father of reform" for his advocacy of universal manhood suffrage, parliamentary and army reform, and abolition of slavery.

A cartwright was a person who made carts. It has thus become a surname, and may refer to:

Fiction

• Bobby Cartwright, the crazy son of a cartwright guy. from the book Bobby Builds a Cart
• Adam Cartwright, the oldest child of Ben Cartwright in the television show Bonanza
• Ben Cartwright (character), a cattle rancher in the television show Bonanza
• Fleet Admiral Cartwright, a character in the Star Trek universe
• Helen Cartwright,one of the main character from Nights: Journey of Dreams
• Hoss Cartwright, the middle brother in the television show Bonanza
• Jamie Hunter Cartwright, the adopted son of Ben Cartwright in the television show Bonanza
• Little Joe Cartwright, the youngest Cartwright in the television show Bonanza

Geography

• Cartwright, Manitoba, Canada
• Cartwright, New South Wales, Australia
• Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Cartwright, North Dakota
• Cartwright, Oklahoma, United States

Medicine

• Cartwright (transfusion), a blood antigen system

People named Cartwright

• Alexander Cartwright (1820-1892), American engineer and an inventor of baseball
• Angela Cartwright (born 1942), British-born American actress
• Ann Cartwright (born 1925), statistician and socio-medical researcher
• Bec Cartwright (born 1983), Australian actress
• Ben Cartwright (actor), British actor
• Bill Cartwright (born 1957), former NBA basketball player
• Carol A. Cartwright, 10th President of Kent State University
• Ed Cartwright (1859-1933), Major League Baseball first baseman
• Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823), British clergyman and inventor of the power loom
• Erik Cartwright (born 1950), musician
• George Cartwright (1894-1978), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• George Cartwright (trader) (1739-1819), trader and explorer
• Harold Cartwright (born 1951), English cricketer
• James Cartwright (athlete), Olympic athlete
• James E. Cartwright (born 1949), United States Marine Corps general
• Jim Cartwright (born 1958), English actor
• Joan Cartwright (born 1947), jazz and blues singer, composer, author and educator
• John Cartwright (political reformer) (1740-1824), supporter of American independence and British political reform
• John Cartwright (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
• John Cartwright (UK politician) (born 1933), UK Member of Parliament
• John Benjamin Cartwright (inventor) (born 1984)self proclaimed peopleist and night walker.
• John Robert Cartwright (1895-1979), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• John Solomon Cartwright (1804-1845), businessman, lawyer, judge, farmer and political figure
• Justin Cartwright (born 1945), British novelist
• Lee Cartwright (born 1972), footballer
• Lynn Cartwright (1927-2004), American actress
• Mary Cartwright (1900-1998), British mathematician
• Nancy Cartwright (actress) (born 1957), American voice actress
• Nancy Cartwright (philosopher) (born 1943), professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics
• Peggy Cartwright (1912-2001), Canadian silent-era actress
• Peter Cartwright (actor) (born 1935), South African actor
• Peter Cartwright (exhorter) (1785-1872), early American "hellfire and brimstone" preacher
• Randy Cartwright (born 1951), American animator
• Rianti Cartwright (born 1983), Indonesian model, actress, and VJ MTV
• Richard Cartwright (murderer) (1974-2005), death row inmate and activist
• Richard Cartwright (Upper Canada politician) (1759-1815), businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada
• Richard John Cartwright (1835-1912), Canadian businessman and politician
• Robert Cartwright (born 1990), Canadian soccer player
• Rock Cartwright (born 1979), American football player
• Ryan Cartwright (born 1981), British actor
• Samuel A. Cartwright (1793-1863), Confederate States of America physician
• Silvia Cartwright (born 1943), New Zealand's second female Governor-General
• Steve Cartwright, American computer and video game designer
• Thomas Cartwright (architect) (circa 1635-1703), 17th century English architect
• Thomas Cartwright (churchman) (circa 1535-1603), English Puritan churchman
• Tom Cartwright (born 1935), former English cricketer
• Veronica Cartwright (born 1950), English actress
• Walter Cartwright (born 1871), English footballer
• William Cartwright (1611-1643), English dramatist and churchman
• William Cartwright (film editor), American film editor

See also

• Cartwright Airport
• Cartwright Hall
• Cartwright High School
• Cartwright Inquiry
• Cartwright Point