Richard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary mb-code LW002660 A raree show was a

A raree show was a peep show or puppet show carried around in a box

King Victor Emmanuel II on the left and Napoleon on the right

and the Blue headed Parrokeet

In the foreground figures amble through the park and by the water's edge two swans watch the approach of a boy

Richard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary mb-code LW002660 A raree show was aRichard Assheton Cross, MP, Home Secretary, 1880. First elected to Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1857, Cross came to prominence in the General Election of 1868, when standing in South West Lancashire, he defeated Gladstone, then at the height of his popularity. In Disraeli's government of 1874 1880, Cross was appointed Home Secretary, despite having no previous ministerial experience, and as such was responsible for introducing the social reform