Carpet manufacturer and philanthropist who, together with his father, John Crossley, and his brothers, founded the firm of John Crossley & Sons. With George Collier, Francis developed the power-loom and the company pioneered the use of such machinery for carpet-making, thus replacing the earlier hand-looms and subsequently making the company the largest carpet factory in the world.
He was MP for Halifax, 1852-9, for the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1859, and for the northern division of the West Riding, 1869-72.
He built the Crossley Almshouses in Margaret Street in 1855, and an Orphan School in 1860, and presented People's Park to the town in 1857. A Carrara marble statue of the seated Crossley by Joseph Durham was unveiled on 14th August 1860 and stands in the pavilion at People's Park.
In 18??, he married Martha Eliza Brinton. She was the daughter of a Kidderminster carpet manufacturer. She disliked Yorkshire, and was irritated by the sound of pleasure-seekers which came across the road from People's Park, the hubbub of brass bands and the public meetings of the Friendly and Temperance Societies.
He was created baronet – Lord Somerleyton – in 1863, just after he had bought Somerleyton. He lived at Belle Vue, and had a large country estate at Somerleyton in Suffolk where he died, before being brought back to Halifax for burial
He was MP for Halifax, 1852-9, for the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1859, and for the northern division of the West Riding, 1869-72.
He built the Crossley Almshouses in Margaret Street in 1855, and an Orphan School in 1860, and presented People's Park to the town in 1857. A Carrara marble statue of the seated Crossley by Joseph Durham was unveiled on 14th August 1860 and stands in the pavilion at People's Park.
In 18??, he married Martha Eliza Brinton. She was the daughter of a Kidderminster carpet manufacturer. She disliked Yorkshire, and was irritated by the sound of pleasure-seekers which came across the road from People's Park, the hubbub of brass bands and the public meetings of the Friendly and Temperance Societies.
He was created baronet – Lord Somerleyton – in 1863, just after he had bought Somerleyton. He lived at Belle Vue, and had a large country estate at Somerleyton in Suffolk where he died, before being brought back to Halifax for burial
Carpet manufacturer and philanthropist who, together with his father, John Crossley, and his brothers, founded the firm of John Crossley & Sons. With George Collier, Francis developed the power-loom and the company pioneered the use of such machinery for carpet-making, thus replacing the earlier hand-looms and subsequently making the company the largest carpet factory in the world.
He was MP for Halifax, 1852-9, for the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1859, and for the northern division of the West Riding, 1869-72.
He built the Crossley Almshouses in Margaret Street in 1855, and an Orphan School in 1860, and presented People's Park to the town in 1857. A Carrara marble statue of the seated Crossley by Joseph Durham was unveiled on 14th August 1860 and stands in the pavilion at People's Park.
In 18??, he married Martha Eliza Brinton. She was the daughter of a Kidderminster carpet manufacturer. She disliked Yorkshire, and was irritated by the sound of pleasure-seekers which came across the road from People's Park, the hubbub of brass bands and the public meetings of the Friendly and Temperance Societies.
He was created baronet – Lord Somerleyton – in 1863, just after he had bought Somerleyton. He lived at Belle Vue, and had a large country estate at Somerleyton in Suffolk where he died, before being brought back to Halifax for burial
He was MP for Halifax, 1852-9, for the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1859, and for the northern division of the West Riding, 1869-72.
He built the Crossley Almshouses in Margaret Street in 1855, and an Orphan School in 1860, and presented People's Park to the town in 1857. A Carrara marble statue of the seated Crossley by Joseph Durham was unveiled on 14th August 1860 and stands in the pavilion at People's Park.
In 18??, he married Martha Eliza Brinton. She was the daughter of a Kidderminster carpet manufacturer. She disliked Yorkshire, and was irritated by the sound of pleasure-seekers which came across the road from People's Park, the hubbub of brass bands and the public meetings of the Friendly and Temperance Societies.
He was created baronet – Lord Somerleyton – in 1863, just after he had bought Somerleyton. He lived at Belle Vue, and had a large country estate at Somerleyton in Suffolk where he died, before being brought back to Halifax for burial
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