Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Finish:Rolled View of the Tower of

View of the Tower of London showing the Byward Tower

by Henry Miles

A large muff with a band of brocade

She has laid her knitting aside

Robert Roberts Hitt

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Finish:Rolled View of the Tower ofRichard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman, c1890. First elected to Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1857, Cross (1823 1914) came to prominence in the General Election of 1868, when standing in South West Lancashire, he defeated Gladstone, then at the height of his popularity. In Disraeli's government of 1874 1880, Cross was appointed Home Secretary, despite having no previous ministerial experience, and as such was responsible