Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman mb-height 7238 Plate 2 from British mineralogy:

Plate 2 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain

Plate 3 (right half detail) from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta (London

Among the fighters he managed was British world heavyweight champion Freddie Mills

This refers to JF Professor Jenkins crossing of the Niagara Gorge on 5th August 1869 on a tightrope located at the Whirlpool Rapids just north of the Railway Suspension Bridge

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman mb-height 7238 Plate 2 from British mineralogy:Richard 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