| 词条 | Sir William Crossley, 1st Baronet |
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Sir William John Crossley, 1st Baronet (22 April 1844 – 12 October 1911) was a British engineer and Liberal politician. W J Crossley was born at Glenburn, near Lisburn, County Antrim. His ancestors had come to Ireland from Lancashire at the time of the Williamite War.[1] He was educated at the Royal School Dungannon and in Bonn.[1] He was first employed at the machine works of W G Armstrong, Elswick, before joining his brother, Francis to found the Crossley Brothers engineering firm in Manchester in 1867.[1] In 1876 the company began the production of gas engines, and the firm went on to be major employers. In 1876 he married Mabel Gordon Anderson.[1] In 1903 he was given the freedom of the City of Manchester.[1] In 1906 he was asked to stand as Liberal candidate for the parliamentary constituency of Altrincham, and defeated the sitting Conservative MP, Coningsby Disraeli. He was created a baronet in 1909.[2] He lost his parliamentary seat at the December 1910 election by 119 votes.[1] Crossley was involved in philanthropic works. He was Chairman of the Manchester Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Throat and Chest and built a sanitorium at Delamere Forest for patients from Lancashire towns at his own expense.[3] He was president of the Manchester Young Men's Christian Association, and one of the original promoters of the Manchester Ship Canal. He was a teetotaler and treasurer of the United Kingdom Alliance, a temperance organisation.[1] Sir William and Lady Mabel had five children, Kenneth (1877–1957), Eric (1878–1949), Brian (b. 1886), Lettice (b. 1879) and Cicely (b. 1880). Both Lettice and Cicely died as infants.[4] He died aged 67 in 1911, following complications from an operation.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Obituary: Sir W. J. Crossley, The Times, 13 October 1911, p.9 2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=128312 |date=1909-11-26 |page=8934 }} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Davies|first1=Robert Price|title=Baguley and Wythenshawe Hospitals|date=2002|location=Manchester|isbn=0954339207}} 4. ^{{cite book |author1=Eyre, Michael |author2=Heaps, Chris |author3=Townsin, Alan |last-author-amp=yes |title=Crossley|year=2002 |publisher=OPC |location= UK|isbn =0-86093-574-4 }} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Altrincham | years = 1906 – December 1910 | before = Coningsby Disraeli | after = John Robert Kebty-Fletcher }}{{S-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Crossley, Wiiliam J}} 7 : 1844 births|1911 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1906–10|People educated at the Royal School Dungannon|People from Manchester|Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom |
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