About Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns
Lived 1863 – 1905 (aged 41). Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns was a British politician.
Herbert John Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns (17 July 1863 – 14 January 1905), was a British peer.
Cairns was born in London, the third son of Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, a British statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom during the first two ministries of Benjamin Disraeli, and Mary Harriet MacNeile. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. He was a partner in the Elswick Ordnance Company. Cairns was buried on 23 January 1905 at Bournemouth in Hampshire. He was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns
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British earl (1863–1905)
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Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns was born on 17 July 1863.
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Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns died on 14 January 1905.
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Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns was a politician.
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