Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns
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Lieutenant- Colonel Wilfred Dallas Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns, CMG
, DL
(28 November 1865 – 23 October 1946) was a peer
of the United Kingdom
and a Rifle Brigade officer.
Born in 1865, he succeeded as the 4th Earl Cairns
on the death of his older brother Herbert John Cairns
in 1905. He bought and restored Farleigh House
at Farleigh Hungerford
in Somerset
and lived there for most of the second half of his life. His daughter Hester married Robert Bourne rower and politician.
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Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
, DL
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
(28 November 1865 – 23 October 1946) was a peer
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and a Rifle Brigade officer.
Born in 1865, he succeeded as the 4th Earl Cairns
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 politician Hugh Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns. He was Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880...
on the death of his older brother Herbert John Cairns
Herbert Cairns, 3rd Earl Cairns
Herbert John Cairns was the 3rd Earl Cairns, succeeding to the title on the death of his older brother Arthur William Cairns, the 2nd Earl, in 1890....
in 1905. He bought and restored Farleigh House
Farleigh House
Farleigh House is a large country house in the English county of Somerset that was formerly the centre of the Farleigh Hungerford estate, and much of the stone came from Farleigh Hungerford Castle.The house is a Grade II listed building....
at Farleigh Hungerford
Farleigh Hungerford
Farleigh Hungerford is a village within the civil parish of Norton St Philip in Somerset, England, 9 miles southeast of Bath, 3½ miles west of Trowbridge on A366, in the valley of the River Frome....
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
and lived there for most of the second half of his life. His daughter Hester married Robert Bourne rower and politician.
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