Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet
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The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Cross Bt KCMG KCVO |
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Sir Ronald Cross, as United Kingdom High Commissioner to Australia, meeting with RAAF personnel, c. 1944. Cross is second from the right.
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| 17th Governor of Tasmania | |
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In office 22 August 1951 – 4 June 1958 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Binney |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan |
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Ronald Hibbert Cross 9 May 1896 Pendleton, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 3 June 1968 (aged 72) Westminster, London |
| Nationality |
 British
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| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Marion Green-Emmott |
Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross, 1st Baronet KCMG KCVO PC (9 May 1896 – 3 June 1968) was a British politician and diplomat.
Cross was educated at Ludgrove Preparatory School and then Eton College. He served with the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry and as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in World War I.
At the 1931 general election, Cross was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Rossendale. He served successively as government whip (1935), Junior Lord of the Treasury (1937), Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (1937-38) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (1938-39). He was sworn into the Privy Council in 1940.
During World War II, Cross served as Minister of Economic Warfare (1939-40) and Minister of Shipping (1940-41). In 1941, he was removed as Minister of Shipping after his performance was criticized by the press. The same year, he was appointed British High Commissioner to Australia and created a Baronet, of Bolton-le-Moors in the County Palatine of Lancaster. Cross returned to the United Kingdom in 1945 but lost his seat at that year's election.
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