John Crossley (16 May 1812 – 16 April 1879) was a

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politician in the United Kingdom. He served from 1874 to 1877 as MP for Halifax in

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. He was the eldest son of John Crossley (1772–1837) and his wife Martha Turner. Crossley was a successful carpet manufacturer, whose business (John Crossley and Sons) became a major employer in Halifax. In the early 1870s he set up the American Linoleum Company at Linoleumville, New York with

Frederick Walton Frederick Edward Walton (13 March 183416 May 1928), was an English manufacturer and inventor whose invention of Linoleum in Chiswick was patented in 1863. He also invented Lincrusta in 1877. Early life Walton was born in 1834, near Halifax. ...

, the inventor of

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; the company was highly successful. He was the elder brother of

Sir Francis Crossley Sir Francis Crossley, 1st Baronet, of Halifax ( Halifax, 26 October 1817 – 5 January 1872), known to his contemporaries as Frank Crossley, was a British carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. He was founder of the ...

(1817–1872), who had served as the constituency's MP from 1852 to 1859.

Honours

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was erected by the

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Crossley family tree

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* 1812 births Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 1879 deaths People from Halifax, West Yorkshire {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub