Henry Cairnes [SEP] noble title
Henry Cairnes
Sir Henry Cairnes, 2nd Baronet (1673 – 16 June 1743) was an Irish politician, a banker and merchant in London and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
He was the third and youngest son of John Cairnes and his wife Jane Miller, daughter of James Miller. On 30 October 1732, according to a special remainder, he succeeded his oldest brother Alexander as baronet. Another brother was William Cairnes. In 1732, Cairnes entered the Irish House of Commons for Monaghan Borough, the
return continued to lecture till 1872. During his last session he conducted a mixed class, ladies being admitted to his lectures. His health soon rendered it impossible for him to discharge his public duties; he resigned his post in 1872, and retired with the honorary title of professor emeritus of political economy. In 1873 his own university conferred on him the degree of LL.D. He died at Blackheath, near London, on 8 July 1875.
Family.
Cairnes had married Elizabeth Charlotte, daughter of George Henry Minto Alexander,