Richard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary Frank Tenney Johnson Forest centre-forward Tommy Wilson exchanges

Forest centre-forward Tommy Wilson exchanges pre-match pleasantries with Prince Philip

with figures outside railings in Bow Lane

1st Earl Cairns

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

Building a tribal homestead

Richard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary Frank Tenney Johnson Forest centre-forward Tommy Wilson exchangesRichard 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