Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Product:Framed picture I can assure you that

I can assure you that these are not the objects which I propose to myself

Interior view of Queen Victoria's railway carriage

View of St Mary-le-Bow looking east along Cheapside with a street scene and horse-drawn carriages

a further attempt had been made but

Ronnie 'Plonk' Lane (top)

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Product:Framed picture I can assure you thatRichard 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