Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cross, Richard Assheton, first Viscount
CROSS, RICHARD ASSHETON, FIRST VISCOUNT (1823–)
Born May 30, 1823 : son of William Cross : educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1849 : M.P. for Preston, 1857–62, and S. Lancashire, 1868–86 : Home Secretary, 1874–80 and 1885–6 : Secretary of State for India, Aug. 4, 1886, to Aug. 19, 1892 : Lord Privy Seal, 1895–1900 : made a Viscount, 1886 : P.C. : G.C.S.L, 1892 : D.C. L. : LL.D., Cambridge, 1878 : G.C.B. , 1880 : F.R.S. : author of legal works.