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Cairns, Hugh MacCalinont, Earl (11. l819,
(7. 1885), Lord High Chancellor of Great
Britain, graduated at Trinity College, Dub-
lin, and was called to the English bar in
1844. Elected member of Parliament for
Belfast, he soon became known as a ready
and eloquent debater, was Solicitor-General
in Lord Derby’s administration of 1858, and
in 1866 Attorney-General. The following
year he was raised to the peerage as Baron

 
       
   
   
   
   
   
 

Cairns of Garmoyle, and in Mr. Disraeli’s
administration (1868) became Lord Chan-
cellor. He opposed the disestablishment of
the Irish Church with much ability. Ap-'
pointed leader of the opposition in the
House of Lords, he originated the scheme
for the fusion of law and equity, after-
vards carried into effect by Lord Sel-
borne; and to him are also due the Con-
veyancing Bill (1881) and the Settled Estates
Bill (1882). He was again Lord Chancellor
1874-80. In 1878 he was created Vis-
count Garmoyle, and Earl Cairns in the
peerage of the United Kingdom.