John Kynaston Cross


John Kynaston Cross
Cross in 1880
Under-Secretary of State for India
In office
16 January 1883 – 9 June 1885
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by Viscount Enfield
Succeeded by The Lord Harris
Personal details
Born 13 October 1832
Died 20 March 1887 (1887-03-21) (aged 54)
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Emily Carlton (d. 1911)

John Kynaston Cross (13 October 1832 – 20 March 1887), was a British cotton spinner and Liberal Party politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for India under William Gladstone from 1883 to 1885.

Background

Cross was the second of the thirteen children of John Cross and his wife Hannah, daughter of Richard Kynaston. He inherited the cotton-spinning firm of Cross and Winkworth, which was at the time one of the largest such firms in Lancashire.[1]

Political career

Cross entered Parliament for Bolton in 1874, a seat he held until 1885,[2] when he was defeated. In 1883 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for India in the second Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone, a post he retained until the government fell two years later.

Family

Cross married Emily (née Carlton). They had five sons and three daughters. Cross suffered from diabetes which caused severe depression. He committed suicide by hanging in March 1887, aged 54. His wife died in 1911.

Cross was a collector of the works of Ary Scheffer.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Morris, Edward (1985). "Ary Scheffer and his English Circle". Oud Holland. 99 (4): 294–323. JSTOR 42711190. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Gray
John Hick		 Member of Parliament for Bolton
1874 – 1885
With: John Hick 1874–1885
John Pennington Thomasson 1880–1885		 Succeeded by
Herbert Shepherd-Cross
Francis Charles Bridgeman
Political offices
Preceded by
Viscount Enfield		 Under-Secretary of State for India
1883–1885		 Succeeded by
The Lord Harris
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