In 1918, new premier Charles Stewart, who had succeeded Sifton when the latter entered federal politics in 1917, fired Cross and appointed Boyle Attorney-General.
In recognition of his service in the Balkans, Cross was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours List.
They also informed their readers that Cross had been appointed the first liaison officer for West Indians in the RAF.
Another four officers were also invested with a DSO, while seven officers were awarded a Military Cross, one was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and another a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
Labour are edging closer to established Conservative proposals for a largely elected Senate, which would still retain the independent expertise of appointed cross-benchers.
Court records show him pleading before Lord Mansfield in the Court of King's Bench soon after his election, and acting as counsel in Tonson v Collins, a copyright case, Thiquet v Bath, an important case on international law, and R v d'Eon, acting for the prosecution in a feud over Louis XV's newly appointed cross-dressing Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
He was appointed grand cross of the Legion of Honour on 8 July 1938 and in the same year co-wrote Lyautey du Tonkin au Maroc par Madagascar et le Sud-Oranais (Lyautey in Tonkin and Morocco by way of Madagascar and South Oran [Algeria]) with British historian Sonia E. Howe.
When Nina Kemppel, a four-time Olympian in cross-country skiing, was appointed to head the task force, she received numerous calls from athletes, parents and coaches who had experienced or had knowledge of sexual abuse.
In 2010, they crossed a line: ISI appointed a new leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, without prior approval from al-Qaida, whose senior leaders knew almost nothing about the man – where he had come from, his military experience, whether he could be trusted.
Argent, which is leading the regeneration of King's Cross in London, has been appointed by the joint venture as development manager.
In keeping with custom at the time, once appointed to cabinet Cross resigned his seat in the legislature and contested it in a by-election.
