Monarch Queen Victoria Name William Cairns Nationality British | Monarch Queen Victoria Preceded by James Robert Longden Succeeded by Henry Turner Irving | |
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Preceded by George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby Died July 9, 1888, London, United Kingdom | ||
Sir William Wellington Cairns, KCMG (1828 – 1888) was a British colonial administrator.
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Life
He was born in Belfast on 3 March 1828.
He served in various senior colonial civil service posts in the British Empire before being appointed Governor of Queensland in January 1875. He held the post for two years before becoming acting Governor of South Australia.
He subsequently returned to England where he died in London on 7 July 1888.
He is buried in a modest grave against the east wall of Brompton Cemetery near the north-east corner with Anna Maria Cairns, his wife.
Legacy
The city of Cairns in Queensland was named after him.
References
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