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There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Cross, both in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are hereditary titles awarded by the Crown. The current baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier, existing baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Great Britain. To be recognised as a baronet, it is necessary ...
. Both creations are extinct. The Cross Baronetcy, of Marchbank Wood in the Parish of Kilpatrick Juxta in the
County of Dumfries Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the hi ...
and of the City of Glasgow, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 July 1912 for Alexander Cross, Member of Parliament for Glasgow Camlachie from 1892 to 1910. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1963. The Cross Baronetcy, of
Bolton-le-Moors Bolton le Moors (also known as Bolton le Moors St Peter) was a large civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in hundred of Salford in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It was administered from St Peter's Church, Bolton in the township ...
in the
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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 August 1941 for the politician and diplomat Ronald Cross. The title became extinct on his death in 1968.


Cross baronets, of Marchbank Wood and the City of Glasgow (1912)

* Sir Alexander Cross, 1st Baronet (1847–1914) *Sir William Coats Cross, 2nd Baronet (1877–1947) *Sir Alexander Cross, 3rd Baronet (1880–1963)


Cross baronets, of Bolton-le-Moors (1941)

* Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross, 1st Baronet (1896–1968)


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom