Son of William Cross of Redscar. He was one of Lear’s closest friends and married Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby and a great-niece of the 12th Earl of Derby (SL, 288).

“Finding a letter from my friend Cross of Redscar, ― I set out to meet him at Malta” (Letter to the 13th Earl of Derby of 12 January 1849, SL, 97). The two then went on to Egypt, SL, 98-106.

20.iii.58, 27.viii.58, 28.viii.58, 29.ix.58, 1.ix.58, 21.iv.59, 20.v.59, 24.v.59, 18.vi.59, 19.vi.59, 20.vi.59, 21.vi.59, 22.vi.59, 23.vi.59, 24.vi.59, 24.vii.59, 25.xi.59, 29.xi.59, 6.i.60, 7.i.60, 14.vi.60, 29.x.60, 30.x.60, 31.x.60, 1.1.61, 17.iii.61, 28.iv.61, 30.iv.61, 25.viii.61, 31.viii.61, 9.ix.61.