Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross

• Born: 30 May 1823
• Died: 8 January 1914

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Peerage Titles 5 Chivalric Orders 6 Privy Council 7 Other Honours 8 Parliamentary Seats

Known asEdit

• 1823-1886 Richard Cross
• 1886-1914 The Viscount Cross

EducationEdit

• Rugby School
• Trinity College, Cambridge
• Inner Temple

OfficesEdit

• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1874-1880, 1885-1886
• Secretary of State for India, 1886-1892
• Lord Privy Seal, 1895-1900

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Viscount Cross, 1886

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1880
• Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India, 1892

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1874

Other HonoursEdit

• Fellow of the Royal Society
• Bencher of the Inner Temple

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for Preston, 1857-1862
• Member of Parliament for South West Lancashire, 1868-1885
• Member of Parliament for Newton, 1885-1886

Preceded by: Robert Lowe	Home Secretary 1874–1880	Succeeded by: Sir William Harcourt
Preceded by: Sir William Harcourt	Home Secretary 1885–1886	Succeeded by: Hugh Childers