ABOUT WILLIAM CROSS, FSA SCOT
William Cross ( Will ) spent 28 years as a Civil Servant in London. He took early retirement in July 2005 to concentrate on writing and research. His roots are Scottish, although he now lives in Wales. He is the author of many articles and booklets on Scottish history and genealogy topics.
He is a regular Lecturer at the Society of Genealogists, London, on Scottish subjects. He was Editor of Renfrewshire Family History Society's Journal from 1999-2011. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland since 1984, he is also a founder member of Newport‟s Screwpacket Playwrights and an authority on the Morgan women of Tredegar House, the one time seat of the Lords Tredegar. Will is also a member of the Society of Authors.
Along with a writing partner Monty Dart, he completed in 2010, a biography (as yet unpublished) of Hon. Gwyneth Ericka Morgan entitled A Beautiful Nuisance. Since then they have taken up their own individual writing projects and worked jointly on others, their latest joint work is on Ronald Firbank, whose grave in Rome's Campo Verano Cemetery Monty and Will have been restoring over the last few years.
In 2011, Will published a follow up book on Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, Lady Carnarvon’s Nursing Homes : Nursing the Privileged in Wartime and Peace.
Two new books are planned for 2012. The Dustbin Case ( due out in the Spring ) will reproduce the 17 days of proceedings in the High Court in London involving the scandal ridden case of Dennistoun v Dennistoun, in which Almina became embroiled in 1925. Lordy! All About Tutankhamun’s Patron George Carnarvon is a retrospective on the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, This will be produced to mark the 90th anniversary of the discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, which falls in November 2012.
Contact Will by e-mail at williecross@aol.com