Sir Alexander Cross, 1st Baronet (4 November 1847 – 13 February 1914), was a Scottish politician. He served as the

Liberal Unionist The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...

MP for Glasgow Camlachie. He was elected in 1892, but towards the end of his time as an MP he defected to the Liberals and lost his seat to the Liberal Unionists in January 1910. On 5 July 1912 he was created a

Baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

, of Marchbank Wood in the Parish of Kilpatrick Juxta in the

County of Dumfries A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

and of the

City of Glasgow Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of th ...

, this title was held by the

Cross Baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Cross, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct. The Cross Baronetcy, of Marchbank Wood in the Parish of Kilpatrick Juxta in the County of Dumfr ...

until it became extinct in 1963.

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* Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies 1847 births 1914 deaths Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1906–1910 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 19th-century Scottish people Scottish knights {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub