Simon Dallas Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, (born 27 May 1939), styled Viscount Garmoyle between 1946 and 1989, is a British businessman.

Background and education

Cairns is the son of

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, and Barbara Jeanne Harrison Burgess.Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003) He was educated at

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and

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Career

Cairns was Managing Director of S. G. Warburg & Co. between 1979 and 1985, of Mercury Securities plc between 1981 and 1984, Chairman of

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(VSO) between 1981 and 1992, Vice-Chairman of Mercury Securities plc between 1984 and 1986, and a Director of S. G. Warburg & Co. between 1985 and 1995. He succeeded his father in the earldom on 21 March 1989.Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, p. 641. He was Receiver-General of the

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between 1990 and 2000. He was Chief Executive of S. G. Warburg & Co. between 1991 and 1995. He was Chairman of CDC Group plc from 1995. He was chairman of BAT plc between 1995 and 1998, and was Vice-Chairman of Zurich Allied AG and

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between 1998 and 2000. He was Chairman of Allied Zurich between 1998 and 2000. He was appointed Chairman of the African telecommunications company

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in October 2007 and was a board member of the charity The

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until 2016, alongside

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and

Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder ...

Honours

He was invested as a Commander,

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(CBE) in 1992. Cairns was invested as a Commander of the

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

(C.V.O.) in 2000.

Family

Lord Cairns married Amanda Mary Heathcoat-Amory, daughter of Major Edward Fitzgerald Heathcoat-Amory and Sonia Myrtle Denison, on 4 February 1964.Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 640 They have three sons: *Hugh Sebastian Frederick Cairns, Viscount Garmoyle (born 26 March 1965). *Hon. David Patrick Cairns (born 27 May 1967). *Hon. Alistair Benedict Cairns (born 16 May 1969).

References

External links

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Lord Cairns on The Peerage website
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