Francis Crossley

(1787-1846)

LBT ID: FrCross1846	B/BAP: 1787 DIED: 1846-09-17
SOURCES: Lady Morgan, Memoirs (1863); James Rendel Harris, The life of Francis William Crossley (1900); thePeerage.com
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.
REFERENCES TO Francis Crossley: Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XXI Found 9: ¶ 2 ¶ 3 ¶ 5 ¶ 6 ¶ 7 ¶ 8 ¶ 9 ¶ 11 ¶ 15 Chapter XXIII Found 1: ¶ 15