Person Cross; Richard Assheton (1823 - 1914); 1st Viscount Cross Cross Richard Assheton 1823 - 1914 British Male Red Scar, near Preston, Lancashire, England 30 May 1823 Eccle Riggs, Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire 08/01/1914 19140108

53 Eccleston Square, London (1879)

Barrister 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 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 Fellow 03/04/1879 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Vanity Fair 16 May 1874, 05 July 1881 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 30 May 1823 - 8 Jan 1914 NA6513 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/42639351 7f3eeca1-c5f9-4038-b9fc-4c15d21ecdd1