Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Finish:Rolled by Henry Miles

by Henry Miles

Plate showing the 'Draco alter ex Raia exsiccate concinnatus' (another dragon fashioned from dried rays)

Charles Howard

On the set of the Dr Who adventure called "The Ark"

through pines at Lake Motosu

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Finish:Rolled by Henry MilesRichard 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