Richard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary Frank Tenney Johnson The French and Belgian leaders

The French and Belgian leaders meeting to discuss the progress of the war

Childrens party at the sector boundary Berlin 15th August 1953

Building a tribal homestead

It is a satire on the dress and conduct of visitors to Vauxhall Gardens

Richard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary Frank Tenney Johnson The French and Belgian leadersRichard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary, 1880. First elected to Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1857, Cross 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 for introducing the social reform