Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Product:Framed picture Radical petitioners are staggering back

Radical petitioners are staggering back from the blast issuing from the Regent's posterior

Ronnie 'Plonk' Lane (top)

and boats on the river

Interior view of Queen Victoria's railway carriage

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman Product:Framed picture Radical petitioners are staggering backRichard 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