Cairns, Hugh McCalmont, (1819-1885), 1st Earl Cairns, Lord Chancellor

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Surname:	Cairns
Forenames:	Hugh McCalmont
Gender:	Male
Date:	1819-1885
Title:	1st Earl Cairns
History:	Barrister & statesman. Barrister of the Middle Temple 1844. MP for Belfast 1852 (Conservative). Attorney-General & Lord Justice of Appeal 1866. Lord Chancellor 1868 & 1874-1880. Leader of Conservative opposition in Lords 1868-1874. Earl Cairns 1878.
Biography:	ODNB link for Cairns, Hugh McCalmont (1819-1885) 1st Earl Cairns, Lord Chancellor
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275466 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P154496 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Hugh McCalmont Cairns

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1856-1885: Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl: Papers	The National Archives, Kew	PRO 30/51
2	1854-1885: corresp	The National Archives	PRO 30/51
3	1858-85: corresp with Lord Carnarvon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 60768
4	1868-78: letters to Lord Cranbrook	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HA43	NRA 1182 Gathorne-Hardy
5	1874-84: corresp with Lord Cross	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 51268
6	1875-77: corresp with Lord Derby	Liverpool Record Office	920 DER	NRA 20761
7	1854-81: letters to Benjamin Disraeli	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Disraeli	NRA 842 Disraeli
8	1869-80: corresp with Lord Harrowby	Harrowby Manuscripts Trust		NRA 1561 Ryder
9	1870-82: corresp with Lord Kimberley	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97	NRA 1274 Wodehouse
10	1859-69: corresp with Lord Lytton	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	DE/K	NRA 4598
11	1868-85: letters to Sir Stafford Northcote	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 50021	NRA 5873
12	1867-84: letters (130) to Duke of Richmond	West Sussex Record Office	vol 3	NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
13	1870-82: corresp with Lord Selborne	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 1864-79 passim	NRA 11918
14	1869-79: corresp with AC Tait	Lambeth Palace Library	Tait	NRA 8476 Tait