James Cross

James Richard "Jasper" Cross, CMG (29 September 1921 – 6 January 2021) was a British former diplomat in Canada. He was kidnapped by Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) militants during the October Crisis.The October Crisis. HISTOR!CA. Retrieved 5 Oct 2010.

On 5 October 1970, 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 Québec government."Canadian Kidnappings: 1970 Year in Review, UPI.com". Retrieved 5 Oct 2010. He was released on December 3 in exchange for safe passage for his abductors to Cuba.

Cross died on 6 January 2021 from COVID-19 in Seaford, East Sussex. He was 99.

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