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Cross (Richard Assheton, 1823-1914, 1st Viscount Cross). An archive of correspondence mostly addressed to Viscount Cross, late 19th & early 20th century, including Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), autograph letter signed, ‘Beatrice’, Kensington Palace, 8 February 1907, letter of condolences on the death of his wife, 2 pages, 8vo; Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887), a group of 13 mostly private autograph letters signed, 1882-85, one letter concerning the Channel Tunnel, ‘I take for granted that Chamberlain will not be able to bring on his Channel Tunnel Committee. If he does attempt it he ought to be stopped, or an adjournment should be insisted on. I am not a violent alarmist on the subject, though I think the balance of argument is thus far against the Tunnel. But I strongly object to the thing being smuggled through, and to the Government’s evading its responsibility’ (6 March 1883); other letters referring to the Fair Trade question, the Redistribution bill, operations in Sudan, voting legalities in connection with a contest for the Speakership, the power of the Speaker to suspend a member and various other parliamentary matters, a total of 35 pages, 8vo/small 8vo; John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), 11 autograph letters signed, ‘Marlborough’, 1878-80, a mixture of parliamentary and private matters, including reference to the 1879 famine, 56 pages, 4to/8vo; Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851), a group of 3 documents signed, ‘Derby’ as Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster, being warrants appointing Joseph Seaton Aspden of Preston to various ranks, 1804-18; Lady Gwendolen Cecil (1860-1945), autograph letter signed and typed letter signed with typed extracts from letters addressed to his grandfather by her father which she is keen to use in her biography [Life of Robert, Marquess of Salisbury, 5 volumes, 1921-], and a letter from her husband Lord Cecil, plus other sundry correspondence including legal paperwork and memoranda concerning investments for the family of the Duchess of Albany, etc. Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914), British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Home Secretary 1874-1880 & 1885-1886.