The Earl Cairns | |
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 Earl Cairns as caricatured by "Spy" (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, January 1886. | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur William Cairns 21 December 1861 London, England |
| Died | 14 January 1890 (aged 28) Mayfair, London |
| Spouse |
Olivia Elizabeth Berens
(m. 1887) |
| Relations | Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns (brother) |
| Parent(s) | Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns Mary Harriet MacNeile |
| Education | Wellington College Eton College |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Arthur William Cairns, 2nd Earl Cairns (21 December 1861 – 14 January 1890), was a British aristocrat, succeeding to the title on the death of his father, the first Earl Cairns, on 2 April 1885.[1][2]