CAIRNS, HUGH MACCALMONT, EARL

CAIRNS, HUGH MACCALMONT, EARL
   lawyer and politician, born in co. Down, Ireland; called to the English bar; entered Parliament, representing Belfast; became Lord Chancellor under Disraeli's government in 1868, and again in 1874; took an active interest in philanthropic movements (1819-1885).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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