Margaret (Hyde) Cross (1782 - 1864)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Margaret, daughter of Nathan Hyde and his wife, Margaret Markland was baptised at Manchester Cathedral on the 1st of February 1782. ^[1]

Aged 20 she married John Cross, barrister of Lincoln's Inn on the 15th of November 1802 at Manchester Cathedral. ^[2] John came originally from Manchester and it is likely that they had known one another before he decided to "try his hand in London". John became Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster, King's Sergeant and Chief Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy before being knighted in 1831.^[3] At the 1841 Census they were living at Whitehall Place, near the River Thames. ^[4]

John died very suddenly on the 5th of November 1842 and was buried at St Martin's in the Fields. By the account of John's nephew, Frederick Cross, Margaret decided that she and her daughter, Harriet, would be wise to move from their expensive home in Whitehall Place and settle outside of London. ^[5] Margaret and Harriet moved to Bath in Somerset.

Marlborough Buildings.

For a lady concerned with expense Margaret chose a remarkable house at 23 Marlborough Buildings a most upmarket address. The front of the house overlooked the Royal Crescent Mews. It wasn't as open of aspect as houses lower down but was a very good address.

Number 23.

In 1861 Margaret and Harriet were at number 23 and Margaret's 13 year old grandson, Alaric, was living with them. ^[6]

Margaret died on the 2nd of May 1864 ^[7] at home at 23 Marlborough Buildings in Bath. Her estate valued at less than £14000 was probated to her executors, her nephew, John, Baron Churston and her son, John William Cross on the 28th of May. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptismal records, St Ann, Manchester (1 February 1782 Margret Hyde daughter of Nathan and Margret Hyde) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
2. ↑ Marriage records, Manchester Cathedral (John Cross of Lincolns Inn in the Parish of Middlesex and Margaret Hyde of Ardwick in the parish of Manchester. Married by Licence by: Jos. Brookes. Witness: Mary Hyde and ?. Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 (Cathedral))
3. ↑ The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland by Shaw, William Arthur, 1865-1943; Burtchaell, George Dames, 1853-1921 Page 331
4. ↑ 1841 Census of England
   Whitehall Place, Charing Cross, London, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Sir Jno.	Cross	-	-	Male	70	Judge	Not born in London
   Margaret	Cross	-	-	Female	65	-	Not born in London
   Harriet	Cross	-	-	Female	30	-	Not born in London
   Jas	?	-	-	Male	30	-	Not born in London
   Wm	Wilfrid	-	-	Male	25	-	-
   Elizabeth	Jose	-	-	Female	20	-	-
   Jane	Patterson	-	-	Female	20	-	-
   James	Guillison	-	-	Male	25	-	-

5. ↑ Letter of Frederick Cross to his brother, William , nephews of Sir John Cross.
6. ↑ 1861 Census of England
   23 Marlborough Buildings, Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Margaret	Cross	Head	Widow	Female	70	Fundholder	Chorlton, Lancashire
   Harriet	Cross	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	40	Fundholder	?, Lancashire
   Aldric	Cross	Grandson	-	Male	13	Scholar	?, Carmarthen
   George	Gait	Servant	Widower	Male	40	Butler	Shepton Mallet, Somerset
   Elizabeth	Roberts	Servant	Unmarried	Female	24	Lady's maid	?, Somerset
   Mary A	Turner	Servant	Unmarried	Female	28	Cook	Cirencester, Gloucestershire
   Hannah	?	Servant	Unmarried	Female	25	Housemaid	West Asheton, Wiltshire

7. ↑ England and Wales death index (Registered Bath 1864 2nd qu Margaret Cross Vol 5c Page 3510)
8. ↑ National Probate Calendar (28 May 1864 Dame Margaret Cross of Marlborough Buildings, Bath died 2 May 1864. Effects less than £14,000 probated to the Right Honourable John, Baron Churston, nephew and John William Arengo Cross of Abermalais Park in Carmarthen, son)