Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet
- Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet
Infobox Governor
honorific-prefix = Sir
name = Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet
honorific-suffix =
KCMG, KCVO, PC
caption = Sir Ronald Cross, as United Kingdom High Commissioner to Australia, meeting with RAAF personnel, ca. 1944. Cross is second from the right.
order = 17th
office = Governor of Tasmania
term_start = 22 August 1951
term_end = 4 June 1958
lieutenant =
predecessor = Hugh Binney
successor = Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan
birth_date = birth date|1896|5|9
birth_place = Pendleton, Lancashire, England, UK
death_date = death date and age|1968|6|3|1896|5|9
death_place = Westminster, London, England, UK
restingplace =
restingplacecoordinates =
birthname = Ronald Hibbert Cross
nationality = flagicon|UK British
party = Conservative
spouse = Louise Marion Green-Emmott
Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross, 1st Baronet, KCMG, KCVO, PC (May 9, 1896 – June 3, 1968) was a British politician and diplomat.
Cross was educated at Ludgrove Preparatory School and then Eton College. He served with the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry and as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in World War I.
At the 1931 general election, Cross was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Rossendale. He was sworn into the Privy Council in 1940.
Cross held a number of ministerial posts including Minister of Shipping and Minister of Economic Warfare during World War II. In 1941 he was sent to be High Commissioner in Australia. Cross returned to the United Kingdom in 1945 but lost his seat at that year's election.
In 1950, Cross was elected in the seat of Ormskirk, Lancashire.He later served as Governor of Tasmania from August 23, 1951 to June 4, 1958. He was appointed KCVO by Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Hobart during her Coronation Tour in 1954. He was later appointed KCMG. He was a popular Governor, well regarded in the island State.
Mount Ronald Cross in western Tasmania is named after him.
succession box | title=Member of Parliament for Ormskirk | before=Harold Wilson | after=Arthur Salter | years=1950–1951
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