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{{short description|Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}
[[Image:1st Earl Cairns.jpg|thumb|250px|Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns]]▼
'''Earl Cairns''' is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1878 for the prominent lawyer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician [[Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns|Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns]]. He was [[Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom]] in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880. Cairns had already been created '''Baron Cairns''', of Garmoyle in the County of Antrim, in 1867, and was made '''Viscount Garmoyle''', in the County of Antrim, at the same time he was given the earldom. These titles are also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ▼
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He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the second Earl. He died young without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Earl. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. On his death the titles passed to his second but only surviving son, the fifth Earl. He was a [[Rear-Admiral]] in the [[Royal Navy]]. As of 2007 the titles are held by his eldest son, the sixth Earl, who succeeded in 1989.▼
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name = Earldom Cairns
| image = [[File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|90px|center]] [[File:Cairns arms.svg|100px|Arms of the Earl Cairns]]
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = '''''Arms:''' Gules, three Martlets Argent, within a Bordure of the second charged with three Trefoils slipped Vert; '''Crest:''' A Martlet Argent, charged on the breast with a Trefoil slipped Vert; '''Supporters:''' On either side a Hawk wings expanded proper, collared, belled and chained Or, holding in the beak a Trefoil slipped Vert.''
| creation_date = 27 September 1878
| creation =
| monarch = [[Queen Victoria]]
| peerage = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
| baronetage =
| first_holder = [[Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns]]
| last_holder =
| present_holder = [[Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns]]
| heir_apparent = Hugh Cairns, Viscount Garmoyle
| heir_presumptive =
| remainder_to = the 1st Earl's [[heirs male of the body]]
| subsidiary_titles = Viscount Garmoyle<br />Baron Cairns
| status =
| extinction_date =
| family_seat =
| former_seat =
| motto = '''EFFLORESCO'''<br />''(I Flourish)''
| footnotes =
}}
▲'''Earl Cairns''' is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1878 for the prominent lawyer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician [[Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns|Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns]]. He was [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of
▲He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the [[Arthur Cairns, 2nd Earl Cairns|second Earl]]. He died young without male issue and was succeeded by his younger brother, the [[Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns|third Earl]]. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the [[Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns|fourth Earl]]. On his death the titles passed to his second but only surviving son, the [[David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns|fifth Earl]]. He was a [[Rear-Admiral]] in the [[Royal Navy]]. {{As of
[[William Cairns|Sir William Cairns]], half-brother of the first Earl, served as [[Governor of Queensland]] from 1875 to 1877.
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*[[Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns|Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns]] (1819–1885) (created '''Earl Cairns''' in 1878)
===Earl Cairns (1878)===
*[[Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns|Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns]] (1819–1885)
*[[Arthur
*[[Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns|Herbert John Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns]] (1863–1905)
*[[Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns|Wilfred Dallas Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns]] (1865–1946)
*[[David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns|David Charles Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns]] (1909–1989)
*[[Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns|Simon Dallas Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns]] (
The [[heir apparent]] is the present holder's eldest son, Hugh Sebastian Frederick Cairns, Viscount Garmoyle (born 1965), whose heir is his son, Hon. Oliver David Andrew Cairns (born 1993).<ref name="DPB">{{cite book |year=2019 |chapter=Cairns, Earl |editor1-last=Morris |editor1-first=Susan |editor2-last=Bosberry-Scott |editor2-first=Wendy |editor3-last=Belfield |editor3-first=Gervase |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage |volume=1 |edition=150th |location=London |publisher=Debrett's Ltd. |publication-date= |pages=750–752 |arxiv= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn=978-1-999767-0-5-1}}</ref>
===Male-line family tree===
==References==▼
{{chart top|width=100%|Male-line family tree, Earls Cairns}}
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.▼
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{{chart|HC1E|HC1E='''[[Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns|Hugh Cairns<br>{{nowrap|1st Earl Cairns}}]]'''<br>1819–1885}}
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{{chart|HC| |AC2E| |HC3E| |WC4E|HC=Hugh Cairns<br>?–1858|AC2E='''[[Arthur Cairns, 2nd Earl Cairns|Arthur Cairns<br>{{nowrap|2nd Earl Cairns}}]]'''<br>1861–1890|HC3E='''[[Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns|Herbert Cairns<br>{{nowrap|3rd Earl Cairns}}]]'''<br>1863–1905|WC4E='''[[Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns|Wilfred Cairns<br>4th Earl Cairns]]'''<br>1865–1946}}
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{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | |HCVC| |DC5E|HCVC=Hugh Cairns<br>{{nowrap|Viscount Garmoyle}}<br>1907–1942|DC5E='''[[David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns|David Cairns<br>5th Earl Cairns]]'''<br>1909–1989}}
{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }}
{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |SC6E|SC6E='''[[Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns|Simon Cairns<br>6th Earl Cairns]]'''<br>born 1939}}
{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }}
{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HCVC|HCVC=Hugh Cairns<br>{{nowrap|Viscount Garmoyle}}<br>born 1965}}
{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | }}
{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HOC|HOC=Hon.<br>Oliver Cairns<br>born 1993}}
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==Notes==
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▲==References==
*{{cite book |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |date=1921| title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy| url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/162 | location=London |publisher=London: Dean & son, limited|page=162}}
▲*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
{{Extant British earldoms}}
[[Category:Earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Noble titles created in 1878]]
[[Category:Peerages created for UK MPs]]
[[Category:Peerages created for lord high chancellors of Great Britain]]
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