Alan Cathcart, 4th Lord Cathcart (1537–1618) was a Scottish aristocrat.

Life

He sold

Cathcart Castle Cathcart Castle was a 15th-century castle, located in what is now Linn Park in the Cathcart area of southern Glasgow, Scotland. The castle was abandoned in the 18th century, and the remaining ruins were pulled down in 1980, leaving only founda ...

to Gabriel Sempill of Ladymure in 1546, and was killed at the

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in 1547. Other family lands at

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is an are ...

were inherited by his son. The site of Cathcart Castle is in

Linn Park, Glasgow Linn Park is an park in Glasgow, Scotland, surrounded by the suburbs of Cathcart, Muirend, Simshill, and Castlemilk, also bordering Netherlee in East Renfrewshire. It is Glasgow's third largest park, after Pollok Country Park and Dams to Darnl ...

. Cathcart ownership of the lands of Sundrum and Auchincruive is recalled in a verse foretelling the demise of the family's fortunes:

Sundrum shall sink
Auchincruive shal fae
And the name o' Cathcart
Shall in time wear awae

Alan, 4th Lord Cathcart signed the Glasgow band of the west country barons to support

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and

Lord Darnley Lord Darnley is a noble title associated with a Scottish Lordship of Parliament, first created in 1356 for the family of Stewart of Darnley and tracing a descent to the Dukedom of Richmond in England. The title's name refers to Darnley in Sco ...

during the

Chaseabout Raid The Chaseabout Raid was a rebellion by James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, against his half sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, on 26 August 1565, over her marriage to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. The rebels also claimed to be acting over other causes ...

on 5 September 1565. He fought against the army of

, at the

battle of Langside The Battle of Langside was fought on 13 May 1568 between forces loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots, and forces acting in the name of her infant son James VI. Mary’s short period of personal rule ended in 1567 in recrimination, intrigue, and disast ...

in 1568. On 3 January 1579, James VI of Scotland wrote from Stirling Castle to Lord Cathcart, commending him for his service and the expenses he had made against rebels. His loyal services had impoverished him, and his living was "grittumlie hurt". Now that Cathcart had joined royal domestic service as a Master of the Household he would be given a yearly fee of 1,000

merks The merk is a long-obsolete Scottish silver coin. Originally the same word as a money mark of silver, the merk was in circulation at the end of the 16th century and in the 17th century. It was originally valued at 13 shillings 4 pence (exactly ...

. Around this time, Cathcart completed the sale of lands and the site of the House of Bogtoun, or Bogton Castle, between Holmwood and

Muirend Muirend is an area on the South side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated about 4 miles (6.5 km) south of Glasgow city centre. Muirend became extensively urbanised in the 20th century, developing into a commuter suburb. In a 201 ...

, to John Blair of Blair and his wife Grissel Sempill (Cathcart's cousin).

Family

He was a son of Alan or Allan Cathcart, 3rd Lord Cathcart, and Helen Sempill, a daughter of William Sempill, 2nd Lord Sempill. His father is sometime identified as a "Lord Sudram" ( Sundrum), mentioned as a leader of the Scottish army before the battle of Solway Moss. According to some sources, his wife was Margaret Wallace, a daughter of Hugh or John Wallace of Craigie and Margaret Kennedy, later Countess of Cassillis.Arthur Collins & Egerton Brydges, ''Peerage of England'', vol. 6 (London, 1812), p. 457. He eldest son, Alan, Master of Cathcart, died in 1603. Alan 4th Lord Cathcart died in 1618 and was succeeded as Lord Cathcart by his grandson Alan Cathcart, 5th Lord Cathcart, a son of the Master of Cathcart. The 5th Lord Cathcart married Margaret Stewart, a daughter of

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and secondly, Jean Colquhoun, a daughter of Alexander Colquhoun of Luss.

References

External links

Photographs of the remains of Cathcart Castle, Linn Park
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cathcart, Alan Court of James VI and I 1537 births 1618 deaths Masters of the Scottish royal household