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Sir William Cairns KCMG
	Sir William Cairns KCMG
	;
	Governor of Trinidad
	In office; May 2, 1874 – May 27, 1874
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	James Robert Longden
Succeeded by	Henry Turner Irving
4th Governor of Queensland
	In office; January 23, 1875 – March 14, 1877
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Succeeded by	Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy
Born	1828; Co. Down, Ireland, UK
Died	July 9, 1888; London, England, UK
Nationality	British

Sir William Wellington Cairns, KCMG (1828 – 1888) was a British colonial administrator, born in County Down, Ireland. 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 9 July 1888.

The settlement of Cairns in Queensland was named after him.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography : Sir William Wellington Cairns

Government offices
Preceded by Frederick Lyon Playfair	Lieutenant Governor of Malacca 1867 – 1869	Succeeded by Edward Wingfield Shaw
Preceded by James George Mackenzie	Lieutenant Governor of Saint Christopher 1869 – 1870	Succeeded by Francis Spencer Wigley as President of Saint Christopher
Preceded by James Robert Longden	Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras 1870 – 1874	Succeeded by Robert Miller Mundy
Preceded by James Robert Longden	Governor of Trinidad 1874	Succeeded by Henry Turner Irving
Preceded by George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby	Governor of Queensland 1875 – 1877	Succeeded by Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy