| Authorised form of name | Cross; Richard Assheton (1823 - 1914); 1st Viscount Cross |
| Dates | 1823 - 1914 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Red Scar, near Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | 30 May 1823 |
| Place of death | Eccle Riggs, Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire |
| Date of death | 08/01/1914 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Rugby; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1846). Lincoln's Inn (entered 1844). DCL (1877, Oxford), LLD (1878, Cambridge), LLD (1885, St Andrews)
Career:
Called to the Bar, Inner Temple (1849); Bencher (1876); MP for Preston (1857-1862); MP for South West Lancashire (1862-1885); Privy Councillor (1874); Home Secretary (1874-1880 and 1885-1886); MP for the Newton Division (1885-1886); Secretary of State for India (1886-1892); Privy Seal (1895-1900)
Honours:
GCB 1880; Viscount 1886; GCSI 1892
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/04/1879 |
| Relationships | Son of William Cross of Red Scar and his wife Ellen, daughter of Edward Chaffers of Everton; married (1852) Georgiana, daughter of Thomas Lyon of Appleton Hall, Chester |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 16 May 1874, 05 July 1881 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/42639351 |
| Code | NA6513 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1879/06 | Cross, Richard Assheton, 1st Viscount Cross: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| DM/7/91 | Letter from William Spottiswoode and John Evans, Treasurer, Royal Society to R Assheton Cross, Home Secretary | 12 December 1879 |
| NLB/23/1/8 | Copy letter from the Secretary, to Lord Vicount Richard Assheton Cross | 7 August 1901 |
| NLB/14/786 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Right Honourable Viscount Richard Assheton Cross, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 May 1897 |
| NLB/15/667 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Viscount Richard Assheton Viscount Cross, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 November 1897 |
| NLB/17/421 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to The Marquis of Salisbury [Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil], Arthur James Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, George Joachim Goschen, Sir John Eldon Gorst, the Duke of Devonshire [Spencer Compton Cavendish], the Earl of Halsbury [Hardinge Stanley Giffard], and Viscount Richard Assheton Cross | 27 October 1898 |
| MC/11/268 | Letter from Richd [Richard] Assheton Cross, Home Office, Whitehall, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society | 13 November 1878 |
| MC/11/301 | Letter from Richd [Richard] Assheton Cross, Secretary of State, Home Department, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society | 29 January 1879 |
| MC/11/302 | Letter from Richd [Richard] Assheton Cross, Secretary of State, Home Department, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society | 31 January 1879 |
| MC/11/396 | Letter from an unknown sender to the Royal Society | June 1879 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MS/769/23 | Letter from Richard Assheton Cross, Eccle Riggs, Broughton in Furness, to the Assistant Secretary, Royal Society | 25 September 1884 |