James Richard Cross was an Irish-born British diplomat who served in India, Malaysia and Canada.
17 Facts About James Cross
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James Cross was ultimately released almost two months later, and subsequently returned to the United Kingdom.
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James Cross was born in Nenagh in County Tipperary, Ireland, on 29 September 1921.
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James Cross was raised on the family farm, which was a hundred acres in size, before moving in with relatives.
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James Cross was nicknamed "Jasper" by his family and friends.
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James Cross studied economics and political science at Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated with a first class honours degree in 1944.
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James Cross was commissioned into the Royal Engineers Movement Control Section in 1944.
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James Cross was consequently assigned to Kuala Lumpur for four years, before going back to London in 1966 to direct the Board of Trade branch in charge of exhibitions and fairs overseas.
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James Cross returned to Canada in February 1968 as the senior Trade Commissioner in Montreal.
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On 5 October 1970, James Cross was abducted at gunpoint from his British diplomatic residence at 1297 Redpath Crescent, in the Golden Square Mile district of Montreal, and held as a hostage for two months as the FLQ made a series of demands to the Quebec government.
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Six members of the FLQ's "Liberation Cell" were later convicted of James Cross's kidnapping when they returned to Canada during the late 1970s.
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James Cross returned to the United Kingdom after his release and continued working for the civil service.
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James Cross went on to serve as Under-Secretary in various divisions of Britain's Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Energy.
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James Cross was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in January 1971.
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James Cross died at his home there on 6 January 2021.
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James Cross was 99, and suffered from complications of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in England in the time leading up to his death.
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James Cross is depicted as a character in the novel The Revolution Script by Brian Moore, together with Pierre Laporte.