# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-assheton-cross-1st-viscount-cross
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:56:58.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-assheton-cross-1st-viscount-cross"
name: "Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross"
slug: "richard-assheton-cross-1st-viscount-cross"
description: "Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross,, 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."
tagline: "British statesman and Conservative politician (1823–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Richard_Cross_Wellcome_L0010452_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1823-05-30"
deathDate: "1914-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5211726384364822
  historical:           8.744961333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Richard Assheton Cross, 1:e viscount Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آر. اى. كروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আরএ ক্রস, ১ম ভিসকাউন্ট ক্রস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Assheton_Cross"
    title: "Richard Assheton Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cross%2C_1._Viscount_Cross"
    title: "Richard Cross, 1. Viscount Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Cross%2C_1st_Viscount_Cross"
    title: "R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cross_(1er_vicomte_Cross)"
    title: "Richard Cross (1er vicomte Cross)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Cross%2C_Viscount_Cross_I"
    title: "R. A. Cross, Viscount Cross I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9_(%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E5%AD%90%E7%88%B5)"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cross_(1._wicehrabia_Cross)"
    title: "Richard Cross (1. wicehrabia Cross)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5613675"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump