Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns

British statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1819

Place of Birth: Cultra, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Apr-1885

Profession: judge, politician

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns (27 December 1819 – 2 April 1885) was an Irish-born British 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.