Earl Cairns
Earl Cairns is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The Earls family seat is Bolehyde Manor in Alington near Chippenham in Wiltshire .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on September 27, 1878 for the lawyer and conservative politician Hugh Cairns . He had been Lord Chancellor since 1874 , an office he had already held in 1868. He was to remain in office until 1880.
Simultaneously with the earldom would give him the downstream title Viscount Garmoyle , of Garmoyle in the County of Antrim , awarded. As early as February 27, 1867, the title Baron Cairns , of Garmoyle in the County of Antrim, was given to him from then on. Both dignities also belong to the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
List of Earls Cairns (1878)
- Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (1819–1885)
- Arthur William Cairns, 2nd Earl Cairns (1861–1890)
- Herbert John Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns (1863–1905)
- Wilfred Dallas Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns (1865–1946)
- David Charles Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns (1909–1989)
- Simon Dallas Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns (* 1939)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the eldest son of the current Earl, Hugh Sebastian Frederick Cairns, Viscount Garmoyle (* 1965).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (English)
- Cairns, Earl (UK, 1878) at Cracroft's Peerage (English)