David Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns

Rear Admiral The Right Honourable
The Earl Cairns
GCVO CB
Born 3 July 1909
Died 21 March 1989 (aged 79)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1931-1961
Rank Rear-Admiral
Commands held HMS Superb
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Rear Admiral David Charles Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns GCVO CB (3 July 1909 21 March 1989), was Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1971.

Naval career

Cairns joined the Royal Navy as a lieutenant in 1931.[1] He served in World War II and succeeded as the 5th Earl Cairns in 1946 before becoming Deputy Director of the Signal Department at the Admiralty in 1950.[1] He went on to be Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Superb in 1956 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1958 before retiring in 1961.[1]

In retirement Cairns was Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1971.[1] He was also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of the City of London, rising to become the Company's Prime Warden for 1972-73, and for many years was Chairman of the Governing Body of Gresham's School.

On his death in 1989 he was succeeded by his son Simon Dallas Cairns.[2]

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Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Geoffrey Barnard
President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
19581961
Succeeded by
Sir Alexander Gordon-Lennox
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Wilfred Cairns
Earl Cairns
1946–1989
Succeeded by
Simon Cairns
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