Richard Assheton Cross, 1St Viscount Cross

Richard 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.
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