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.

Career
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.

Marriage and family
On 12 July 1894, Cairns married Olive Cobbold, daughter of the MP for Ipswich, John Patteson Cobbold. Together they had six children, four daughters and two sons.

Their eldest daughter Hester married Robert Bourne rower and politician. Their second daughter Ursula married John Roland Abbey.

Their elder son Hugh, Viscount Garmoyle, was killed on active service during World War II, leaving their second son, David, as heir to the Earldom.