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Richard Assheton Cross, 1St Viscount CrossRichard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823 - 1914). British statesman and Conservative politician. From Lancashire, he first came to prominence as Home Secretary in Disraeli's second government (1874 - 1880). He retained this office in Lord Salisbury's caretaker government (1885 - 1886), but then moved over to the India Office (1886 - 1892). He was very briefly Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Salisbury's third government (1895 - 1902) before being elevated to the sinecure post Lord Privy Seal. He retired in 1900. In 1886 he was created a viscount. Cross, Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Richard Assheton
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