R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross

The Right Honourable The Viscount Cross GCB GCSI PC FRS DL
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 29 June 1895 – 12 November 1900
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Lord Tweedmouth
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Salisbury
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 29 June 1895 – 4 July 1895
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Lord Tweedmouth
Succeeded by	The Lord James of Hereford
Secretary of State for India
In office 3 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Earl of Kimberley
Succeeded by	The Earl of Kimberley
Secretary of State for the Home Department
In office 24 June 1885 – 1 February 1886
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	Sir William Harcourt
Succeeded by	Hugh Childers
In office 21 February 1874 – 23 April 1880
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by	Robert Lowe
Succeeded by	Sir William Harcourt
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 19 August 1886 – 8 January 1914 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Viscount Cross
Member of Parliament for Newton
In office 18 December 1885 – 19 August 1886
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Thomas Legh
Member of Parliament for South West Lancashire
In office 7 December 1868 – 18 December 1885 Serving with Charles Turner and John Ireland Blackburne
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Preston
In office 24 April 1857 – 4 April 1862 Serving with Charles Grenfell
Preceded by	Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet
Succeeded by	Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh
Personal details
Born	(1823-05-30)30 May 1823 Red Scar, Lancashire
Died	8 January 1914(1914-01-08) (aged 90)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Georgiana Lyon (d. 1907)
Alma mater	University of Cambridge

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, GCB, GCSI, PC, FRS, DL (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.