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 CAIRNS 471 interval (1868-74) he was the recognised Leader of the Conservative (opposition) party in the House of Lords. On 27 Sep. 1878, being then (for the 2nd time) Lord Chancellor, he was cr. VISCOUNT GARMOYLE, CO. Antrim, and EARL CAIRNS.(^) He m., 9 May 1856, Mary Harriet, ist da. of John MacNeile, of Parkmount, co. Antrim, by Charlotte Lavinia, da. of Lieut. Gen. Sir Thomas Dallas, G.C.B. He d. at his house called "Lindisfarne" (which he had built some twelve years before), in Bournemouth, Hants, 2 Apr. 1885, in his 66th year, and was bur. in Bourne- mouth cemetery.^') Will pr. 3 July 1885, at ;/^i48,i68. His widow liv- ing, 1912. EARLDOM 2. Arthur William (Cairns), Earl Cairns, ^c, and 2nd but ist surv. s. and h., h. 21 Dec. 1861, in London, BARONY. ed. at Wellington Coll., and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge. Priv. Sec. (being a Conservative) to the President of the IL 1885. Board of Trade, 1885. (') He »?., 19 Dec. 1887, at St. Mary's, Bryanston Sq., Olivia, 2nd da. and coh. of Alex- ander Augustus Berens, by Louisa Winifred, da. of the Rev. Edward Stewart, Rector of Lainston, Hants. He d. s.p.m., of pneumonia, 14 Jan. 1890, at 18 Queen Str., Mayfair, aged 28, and was bur. at Bournemouth. Admon. Apr. 1890, at ;^5,i35. His widow m., i June 1899, at Trinity Ch., Brompton, Roger Cyril Hans Sloane-Stanley, of Paultons, near Romsey. Both living 19 12. III. 1890. 3. Herbert John (Cairns), Earl Cairns [1878], Vis- count Garmoyle [1878], and Baron Cairns of Garmoyle [1867], next br. and h., b. 17 July 1863; ed. at Wellington Coll.; a partner Speakership of the House of Lords, and, after less than 10 months' enjoyment of that honourable office, has been entrusted with the still more responsible position of the Leadership of the Conservative party in the House, of which he had been so short a time a member. Such a rapid advance as this has never been before witnessed, such proof of confidence is almost unparalleled." See Foss's Lives of the 'Judges of England. For this and other great offices of State see Appendix D to this volume. (^) See ante., page 462, note "a" (under "Cadogan") for some remarks on the omission of the word "of" in titles of Earldoms. C') "Several [of his] judgments have become classical, especially in regard to Com- pany Law and dealings on the Stock Exchange . . . many judgments are models of lucid reasoning ... as a lawyer he was surpassed by few Chancellors and by none in the capacity to make clear, and reduce to order, complex matters." See article in the Timei newspaper, 3 Apr. 1885. (■=) He (when Viscount Garmoyle) was the defendant in an action for breach of promise of marriage, in which by far the highest sum for damages ever hitherto paid in such actions, vi-z. ^^10,000, was agreed to, on 20 Nov. 1884. The plaintiff was Emily May Finney, better known as "Miss Fortescue," under which last name she had appeared as an Actress from 1880 to 1883 at the Savoy theatre, Westminster. The nearest approach to such a sum was when ;^3,500 was given in 1835 in the action of "Wood V. Hurd;" and when ^3,000 was given in 1824, in that of " Foote v. Hayne." See note to Harrington, Earldom of, cr. iJ^-Z, under the 4th Earl.