John Cairnes (politician)

John Cairnes was an Irish politician.

He was the son of Thomas Cairnes and his wife Jane Scott, daughter of John Scott.^[1] In 1639, Cairnes was elected as Member of Parliament for Augher, representing the constituency in the Irish House of Commons until the following year.^[2]

He married Jane Miller, daughter of James Miller.^[1] Cairnes's oldest son Alexander was created a baronet and was succeeded by his younger brother Henry.^[1] Like his second son William, both sat also in the Parliament of Ireland.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke. ed. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. pp. 95.
^ "ThePeerage - John Cairnes". http://thepeerage.com/p18861.htm#i188602. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm. Retrieved 21 June 2009.

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