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Born: 30 May 1823, Preston, Lancashire

Died: 8 January 1914

1st Viscount Cross - 19 August 1886

Knighted -

Member of Privy Council - 1874

son of William Cross

son of Ellen Chaffers

husband of Georgiana Lyon

Trinity College, Cambridge

Inner Temple (- 1849)

Barrister

Secretary of State for the Home Department	21 February 1874	23 April 1880
Secretary of State for the Home Department	24 June 1885	1 February 1886
Secretary of State for India	3 August 1886	11 August 1892
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	29 June 1895	4 July 1895
Lord Privy Seal	4 July 1895	1900

30 March 1857	Preston	Conservative Party	1,433	71.12
30 April 1859	Preston	Conservative Party	1,542	78.71
26 March 1862 Resignation of Richard Cross.
21 November 1868	South Western Lancashire	Conservative Party	7,729	51.94
13 February 1874	South Western Lancashire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
21 February 1874 Resignation of Richard Cross on appointment as Home Secretary.
19 March 1874	South Western Lancashire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
7 April 1880	South Western Lancashire	Conservative Party	11,420	55.44
24 June 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Richard Cross on appointment as Home Secretary.
1 July 1885	South Western Lancashire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
30 November 1885	Newton	Conservative Party	4,414	52.27
8 July 1886	Newton	Conservative Party	4,302	55.24
3 August 1886 Elevation to the Peerage of Rt Hon Sir Richard Cross - Viscount Cross - on his appointment as Secretary of State for India.