Background
Crossley was born on 13 August 1903, the only son of Sir Kenneth Irwin Crossley, 2nd Baronet. His father was chairman of Crossley Brothers Limited and Crossley Motors Limited.
Crossley was born on 13 August 1903, the only son of Sir Kenneth Irwin Crossley, 2nd Baronet. His father was chairman of Crossley Brothers Limited and Crossley Motors Limited.
Magdalen College; Eton College.
In 1916 Crossley enrolled at Eton College, completing his education at Magdalen College, Oxford. Anthony Crossley died, aged 36, when the aircraft in which was travelling crashed into the sea off the Danish coast on 15 August 1939. At the next election in 1935 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Stretford in south east Lancashire.
He remained Member of Parliament for the area until his death in 1939.
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In 1931 Crossley was elected one of two Conservative Members of Parliament (MPs) for the two-seat Oldham borough constituency.