| 词条 | John Crossley |
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John Crossley (16 May 1812 – 16 April 1879) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served from 1874 to 1877 as MP for Halifax in West Yorkshire. He was the eldest son of John Crossley (1772–1837) and his wife Martha Turner. Crossley was a successful carpet manufacturer, whose business (John Crossley and Sons) became a major employer in Halifax. In the early 1870s he set up the American Linoleum Company at Linoleumville, New York with Frederick Walton, the inventor of linoleum; the company was highly successful.[1] He was the elder brother of Sir Francis Crossley (1817–1872), who had served as the constituency's MP from 1852 to 1859. References1. ^{{cite book |title=Leading Men of London: a collection of biographical sketches, with portraits |page=344-345 |location=London |publisher=British Biographical Co. |date=1895}}
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| title = Member of Parliament for Halifax | years = 1874–1877 | with = Sir James Stansfeld | before = Sir James Stansfeld and Edward Akroyd | after = Sir James Stansfeld and John Dyson Hutchinson }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Crossley, John}}{{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub}} 5 : 1812 births|Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1874–80|1879 deaths|People from Halifax, West Yorkshire |
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