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Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns

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British statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1819-1885)

PoliticiansLived 1819 to 1885 · aged 65
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Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns 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.

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Lord Cairns as Lord Chancellor, by Lowes Cato DickinsonLord Cairns as Lord Chancellor, by Lowes Cato DickinsonBust at Lincoln's InnBust at Lincoln's InnLord Cairns in the 1860sLord Cairns in the 1860s

Awards 5

1878earl
1878viscount
1867baron
1863Doctor of Civil Law
1862Legum Doctor

Connected to Hugh 6

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of CorkAlso won viscountGeorge Harris, 1st Baron HarrisAlso won baronHeneage Finch, 1st Earl of NottinghamAlso won earlGeorge Francis LyonAlso won Doctor of Civil LawWilliam Wright SmithAlso won Legum DoctorAdolphus William WardAlso won Legum Doctor

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Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns 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.

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Politicians
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Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1819 to 1885 · aged 65
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