Everything about Richard Assheton Cross totally explained
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross,
GCB GCSI PC (
30 May 1823 –
8 January 1914) was a
British statesman and
Conservative politician.
He was born in Red Scar, near
Preston,
Lancashire. He first came to prominence as
Home Secretary in
Disraeli's second government (
1874–
1880). He retained this office in
Lord Salisbury's caretaker government (
1885–
1886), but then moved over to the
India Office (
1886–
1892). He was very briefly
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Salisbury's third government (
1895–
1902) before being elevated to the
sinecure post
Lord Privy Seal. In
1886 he was created a
viscount. In
1898 he chaired the Joint Select Committee on Electrical Energy (Generating Stations and Supply), which recommended granting compulsory purchase powers for the building of
power stations. He retired in
1900.
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