Hugh MacCalmont Cairns F/Mc
Married: 1856
Mary Harriet McNeile F/Mc


Wilfrid Dallas Cairns
[CFT #321]
Born: 1865-Nov-28
Died: 1946-Oct-23
mOlive Cobboldcw F/M
m1894-Jul-12Olive Cobboldcw F/MCMG DL, 4th Earl Cairns in St Michael's Church, Chester Sq, London
m1917-Jun-7Stella Cameron
3 Marriages



b 79 Eaton Place, London

CMG DL, 4th Earl Cairns

Lord Cairns was educated at Wellington. He was commissioned into The Rifle Brigade achieving the rank of Lt in 1885; Capt in 1895; Maj in 1898 and Lt Col in 1905. He served in South Africa in 1902 and in Europe in WWI. He succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his brother (who had been his best man) in 1905. He bought and restored Farleigh House in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset and lived there most of the second half of his life. He was succeeded by his son David Charles



1: 1895 Hester Margaret Cairnsc H/C
2: 1899 Ursula Helen Cairnscw H/C
3: 1905 Sheila Mary Cairnsc H/C
4: 1907 Hugh (Hugo) Wilfrid John Cairnscw W
5: 1909 David Charles Cairnsc W/C
6: 1912 Katharine Olive Cairnsc
6 Children

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