Hugh Cairns 1st Earl Cairns Politician

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns PC, QC (27 December 1819 – 2 April 1885) was a British statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain during the first two ministries of Benjamin Disraeli. He was one of the most prominent Conservative statesmen in the House of Lords during this period of Victorian politics. He served as the seventeenth Chancellor of the University of Dublin between 1867 and 1885.

Personal facts

Hugh Cairns 1st Earl Cairns
Birth dateDecember 27, 1819
Birth place
Cultra , County Down
Religion
Baptists
Date of deathApril 02, 1885
Place of death
Bournemouth
Education
Trinity College Dublin

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Office holder

monarch
Queen Victoria
party
Conservative Party (UK)
prime minister
Benjamin Disraeli
successor

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