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About John Crossley
- John Crossley (16 May 1812 – 16 April 1879) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.
- He served from 1874 to 1877 as MP for Halifax in West Yorkshire. 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, the inventor of linoleum; the company was highly successful.
- He was the elder brother of Sir Francis Crossley (1817–1872), who had served as the constituency's MP from 1852 to 1859.
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