Hugh McCalmont Cairns, politician and statesman, 1881. Creator: Lock & Whitfield.

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, politician and statesman, 1881. Creator: Lock & Whitfield.

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Hugh McCalmont Cairns, politician and statesman, 1881. Born in Ireland, Cairns (1810-1885) entered Parliament as a member for Belfast in 1852. A lawyer, he was appointed Solicitor-General in 1858, and in Disraeli's short-lived Conservative government of 1868, Cairns served as Lord Chancellor, a position he again held in Disraeli's second administration between 1874 and 1880. He was made 1st Earl Cairns in 1878.


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Creator
  1. Lock & Whitfield, attributed to: British: Photographers, photographer, photographic studio
Subject
  1. Hugh McCalmont Cairns: British: Lawyer, politician, Lord Chancellor

Medium
  1. Photograph
  2. Photo-mechanical process

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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History & Politics Politics Politicians


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3727x4685
File Size : 51,156kb


Aliases

  1. 1280000602
  1. 3-057-088
  1. 3057088

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