Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns

Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfred Dallas Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns, CMG, DL (28 November 1865 – 23 October 1946) was a peer of the United Kingdom and a Rifle Brigade officer.

Born in 1865, he succeeded as the 4th Earl Cairns on the death of his older brother, Herbert, in 1905. He bought and restored Farleigh House at Farleigh Hungerford in Somerset and lived there for most of the second half of his life. His daughter Hester married Robert Bourne rower and politician.[1] .

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Herbert Cairns
Earl Cairns
1905–1946
Succeeded by
David Charles Cairns