Sir John Crosse, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Crosse, 2nd Baronet (c. 1700 – 12 March 1762), of Millbank, Westminster, and Rainham, Essex, was a British Whig politician who sat in the
Crosse was the second and younger of the two sons of Sir Thomas Crosse, 1st Baronet and his wife Jane Lambe, daughter of Patrick Lambe, of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.[1] He entered Westminster School on 10 January 1715, aged 14 and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 21 February 1717, aged 16.[2]
Crosse was returned as
Crosse had been active in local affairs at Westminster since 1727, and the constituency had been represented by his father. Henry Pelham asked him to stand for Westminster at the 1754 British general election to which he agreed on condition he put up no more than £500 to the costs. He was returned as MP for Westminster, but there is no record of any speeches or votes by him. He declined to stand at the 1761 British general election on grounds of ill health.[4]
Crosse married Mary Godfrey on 15 July 1746 at St John's, Westminster. They had no children and on his death at Millbank on 12 March 1762 the baronetcy became extinct. He was buried on 2 April 1762, at St Margaret's, Westminster. His widow was buried in the same church on 25 September 1770.[1]
References
- ^ LCCN 06-23564. p. 16
- Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "CROSSE, John (1700-62), of Millbank, Westminster, and Rainham, Essex". History of Parliament Online (1715–1754). Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "CROSSE, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (?1700-62), of Westminster, and Rainham, Essex". History of Parliament Online (1754–1790). Retrieved 2 March 2019.