R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
- R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, GCB GCSI PC (30 May 1823 – 8 January 1914) was a British statesman and Conservative politician.
He was born in Red Scar, near Preston, 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. In 1886 he was created a viscount. In 1898 he chaired the Joint Select Committee on Electrical Energy (Generating Stations and Supply), which recommended granting compulsory purchase powers for the building of power stations. He retired in 1900.
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