Sir Cecil Lancelot Stewart Cross CBE (12 November 1912 – 13 May 1989), commonly known as Lance Cross, was the eighth member of the International Olympic Committee from New Zealand, from 1969 to 1987.
Cross was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 12 November 1912, and attended Timaru Boys' High School from 1925 to 1929.
Cross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sports administration, in the 1973 New Year Honours,[3] and promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1977 New Year Honours, for services to sport as a member of the International Olympic Committee and chairman of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.
[4] He was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to sport, in the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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