Rex Crossfield

In the novel After the Funeral, Rex Crossfield was the husband of Laura, the third child of Cornelius Abernethie and younger sister of Richard Abernethie. Rex and his wife Laura had both died by the time of the events in the book, leaving their only son George Crossfield as a potential heir of the Abernethie fortune.

No one knew much about Rex's background. He was believed to be some sort of stockbroker who had "other mysterious activities". According to the family solicitor Mr Entwhistle, the Abernethie family had considered Rex to have been a poor choice on Laura's part.