R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
Hereditary peerage | |
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Preceded by | Peerage created |
Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Cross |
Member of Parliament for Newton | |
In office 18 December 1885 – 19 August 1886 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Thomas Legh |
Member of Parliament for South West Lancashire | |
In office 7 December 1868 – 18 December 1885 Serving with Charles Turner and John Ireland Blackburne | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Preston | |
In office 24 April 1857 – 4 April 1862 Serving with Charles Grenfell | |
Preceded by | Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet |
Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh |
Personal details | |
Born | Red Scar, Lancashire | 30 May 1823
Died | 8 January 1914 | (aged 90)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Georgiana Lyon (d. 1907) |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross,
Background and education
Cross was born in Red Scar, near
Political career
Cross entered Parliament as one of two representatives for Preston in 1857, a seat he held until 1862.[3]
In 1868 Cross was elected for South West Lancashire, topping the poll and defeating Gladstone, and continued to represent this constituency until 1885.[3] He then briefly represented Newton,[3] until his elevation to the peerage in 1886.[4]
Cross was
In 1886 Cross was raised to the peerage, as Viscount Cross of
Business interests
After the death of his father-in-law Thomas Lyon (the younger) in 1859, Cross was involved in the affairs of
In 1884, Cross was elected to the Board of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway,[8] and he remained a Director of that company, and of its successor the Great Central Railway (GCR), until his death.[9] During Board meetings, he would occasionally murmur "Where is the money to come from?"[10] In June 1909, when he was senior Director of the GCR, that railway named one of its class 8D express passenger locomotives The Rt. Hon. Viscount Cross G.C.B., G.C.S.I. in his honour.[11][12]
Family
Cross married Georgiana, daughter of Thomas Lyon of Appleton Hall, in 1852; they had three daughters and four sons.
Lady Cross died in January 1907. Lord Cross survived her by seven years and died in January 1914, aged 90. He was succeeded in the viscountcy by his grandson, Richard Assheton Cross, the only son of the Honourable William Cross.
Arms
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References
- ^ "Cross, Richard Assheton (CRS842RA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32644. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons. London: Dean. 1886.
- Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "No. 25618". The London Gazette. 20 August 1886. p. 4080.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1863). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison. p. 919.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4969-7786-1.
- ISBN 0-7110-1469-8.
- ISBN 0-7110-0263-0.
- ^ Dow 1965, p. 28
- ^ Dow 1965, p. 133
- ISBN 0-901115-45-2.
- ^ "Cross, Thomas Richard (CRS872TR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Cross, Charles Francis (CRS879CF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Cross, John Edward (CRS877JE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Cross, Viscount (UK, 1886 - 2004)".
Sources
- BOPCRIS database entry on Cross Committee
- "Archival material relating to R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross". UK National Archives.