 | This article is largely based on an article in the out-of-copyright Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, which was produced in 1911. (March 2020) |
The Earl Cairns | |
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| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
| In office 29 February 1868 – 1 December 1868 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Lord Chelmsford |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hatherley |
| In office 21 February 1874 – 21 April 1880 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Beaconsfield |
| Preceded by | The Lord Selborne |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Selborne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1819 Cultra, County Down, Ireland |
| Died | 2 April 1885 (aged 65) Bournemouth, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | Anglo-Irish |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Mary Harriet MacNeile
(m. 1856) |
| Children | 7 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns PC (27 December 1819 – 2 April 1885) was an Anglo-Irish statesman who served as Lord High 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.