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in the
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, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...
. It was created in 1886 for the
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politician Sir R. A. Cross. His eldest son the Honourable William Cross represented Liverpool West Derby in Parliament between 1888 and his early death in 1892. Lord Cross was succeeded by his grandson, the second Viscount, only son of the Honourable William Cross. He was Principal Secretary to The Treasury from 1917 to 1932. His eldest son, the third Viscount, inherited as a minor and attended the 1937 Coronation of King George VI at the age of 17. He had two daughters but no sons and on the latter's death in 2004 the viscountcy became extinct.


Viscounts Cross (1886)

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Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, (30 May 1823 – 8 January 1914), known before his elevation to the peerage as R. A. Cross, was a British Conservative politician. He was Home Secretary from 1874 to 1880, and from 1885 to 1886. Bac ...
(1823–1914) ** Hon. William Henry Cross (1856–1892) * Richard Assheton Cross, 2nd Viscount Cross (1882–1932) *Assheton Henry Cross, 3rd Viscount Cross (1920–2004)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1886 Peerages created for UK MPs 2004 disestablishments in the United Kingdom