Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross, 1st
Baronet, KCMG, KCVO (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 for Rossendale
. He was sworn into the
Privy Council in
1940.
Cross held a number of ministerial posts including
Minister of Shipping and
Minister of Economic Warfare
during
World War II. In 1941 he was
sent to be
High Commissioner in
Australia. Cross returned to the United Kingdom in 1945 but lost
his seat at
that
year's election.
In
1950, Cross
was elected in the seat of Ormskirk, Lancashire
.He later served as
Governor of Tasmania from
23 August 1951 to
4 June 1958.
He was appointed KCVO by Queen Elizabeth II when she visited
Hobart
during her Coronation Tour in 1954. He was
later appointed
KCMG. He was a popular
Governor, well regarded in the island State.
Mount Ronald Cross in western
Tasmania is named after him.