Sir William Crossley, 1st Baronet

Sir William John Crossley, 1st Baronet (22 April 1844 – 12 October 1911) was a British engineer and Liberal politician.

[1] In 1876 the company began the production of gas engines, and the firm went on to be major employers.

[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 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.

[1] Sir William and Lady Crossley had five children:[5] He died aged 67 in 1911, following complications from an operation.