John Cairnes (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]

John Cairnes was an Irish politician.

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
  1. 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. p. 95.
  2. "ThePeerage - John Cairnes". Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  3. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.


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