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David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns

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On 16 April 1936, David married Barbara Jeanne Harrisson Burgess, a daughter of Sydney Harrisson Burgess. Together, they were the parents of:
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Lady Elisabeth Olive Cairns (1944–1998), who married Capt. Martin Ralph Lowe, son of Maj. Ralph Mason Lowe.
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Lord Cairns died on 21 March 1989. On his death in 1989 he was succeeded by his eldest son,
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Hon. Hugh Andrew David Cairns (b. 1942), who married Elizabeth Bell, daughter of Lt.-Col.
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on 30 Jun 1949, before becoming deputy director of the Signal Department at the
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Cairns was born on 3 July 1909. He was the second son of
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in 1950. He went on to be Commanding Officer of the
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Rear Admiral
The Right Honourable
GCVO
CB
DL

Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Sir Geoffrey Barnard
Sir Alexander Gordon-Lennox
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath
United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Rear-Admiral
HMS Superb
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
World War II
Rear-Admiral
GCVO
CB
DL
Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps
Royal Household
Sovereign
United Kingdom
Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns
El Alamein, Egypt
Robert Bourne
John Roland Abbey
Lady Katharine

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