A young admirer of Sydney Owenson who transcribed her manuscripts before departing for India. Dates and circumstances suggest that he was Francis Crossley of the East India Company, father of the engineers Francis William (1839-1897) and Sir William John (1844-1911) Crossley.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Francis Crossley:

Francis Crossley to Sydney Owenson, 3 April 1804 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)