Background
CROSS, Richard Assheton Cross was born on May 30, 1823. Son of William Cross, Red Scar, near Preston, and Ellen, daughter of Edward Chaffers, Everton and Liverpool.
CROSS, Richard Assheton Cross was born on May 30, 1823. Son of William Cross, Red Scar, near Preston, and Ellen, daughter of Edward Chaffers, Everton and Liverpool.
Rugby; Trinity College Cambridge. Doctor of Civil Law; Doctor of Laws.
Member of Parliament (Conservative) Preston, 1857-1862. South-west Lancashire, 85. Lancashire (Newton), 1885-1886.
Formerly an Ecclesiastical Commissioner for England.
Home Secretary, 1874-1880, 1885-1886. Secretary for India, 1886-1892. Richard Assheton Cross, Professional Corporation, Doctorate.L., Justice of the Peace.
Lord Privy Seal, 1895-1900. Bencher of Inner Temple, 1876. Treasurer, 1895.
Conservative.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Clubs: Athenaeum, Carlton.
Heir: g.- Richard Assheton Cross.