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Sir William Crossley
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Crossley Brothers was founded in 1867 by Francis (1839 - 1897) and William (Sir William from 1909) (1844 - 1911) when Francis, with help from his uncle, bought the engineering business of John M Dunlop at Great Marlborough Street in Manchester city centre which specialised in manufacturing pumps, presses and small steam engines.

Sir William supplied a large amount of the funding for the Crossley Sanatorium which was built between 1903 and 1905 and opened on 31st March 1905 as part of the Manchester Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Throat and Chest.