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Earl Cathcart is a title in the
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History

The title was created in 1814 for the soldier and diplomat William Cathcart, 1st Viscount Cathcart. The Cathcart family descends from Sir Alan Cathcart, who sometime between 1447 and 1460 was raised to the
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as Lord Cathcart. He later served as Warden of the West Marches and Master of the Artillery. His great-great-grandson, the third Lord, was killed at the
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in 1547 (his father Alan Cathcart, Master of Cathcart, was one of many Scottish noblemen killed at the
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in 1513). He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Lord. He fought at the
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in 1568 and was
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to
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. His great-great-great-grandson, the eighth Lord, was a soldier. He was a major-general in the army and sat in the
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as a
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from 1734 to 1740. In 1740, Lord Cathcart was appointed commander-in-chief of the British Forces in America. However, he died on the passage out and was buried on
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. He was succeeded by his son, the ninth Lord. He was a
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in the army and also served as British Ambassador to Russia. Between 1752 and 1776, Lord Cathcart sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer. His son, the tenth Lord, was a noted military commander and diplomat. He was a general in the army and like his father served as British Ambassador to Russia. From 1788 to 1843, Lord Cathcart was a Scottish Representative Peer in the House of Lords. In 1807, he was created Baron Greenock, of
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in the
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, and Viscount Cathcart, of
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 is an area of from 1846 to 1847. On his death the titles passed to his second but eldest surviving son, the third Earl. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of the
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and President of the Royal Agricultural Society. His eldest son, the fourth Earl, was also a Deputy Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Earl. His son, the sixth Earl, was a major-general in the army and served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1976 to 1989. The titles are held by the latter's only son, the seventh Earl, who succeeded in 1999. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the
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, and sits on the
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benches. Lord Cathcart lost his seat in 1999 but was able to return in 2007 in a by-election caused by the death of Lord Mowbray. He is also chief of Clan Cathcart. Several other members of the family may also be mentioned. The Hon.
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, fourth son of the first Earl, was a general in the army. The Hon. Charles Cathcart, younger son of the ninth Lord, was a
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in the British Army and represented
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in the
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. The Hon. Louisa Cathcart, daughter of the ninth Lord, married David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont. In 1793, on the death of her and Lord Stormont's uncle
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, Louisa inherited (under a special remainder in the letters patent) the earldom of Mansfield created in 1776, and became the second Countess of Mansfield, while her husband inherited the earldom of Mansfield created in 1792, and became the second Earl of Mansfield (see the
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for later history of these titles). The family seat is Gateley Hall, near
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Lords Cathcart (1460)

* Alan Cathcart, 1st Lord Cathcart (died 1497) ** Alan Cathcart, Master of Cathcart (died before 1497) * John Cathcart, 2nd Lord Cathcart (died 1535) ** Alan Cathcart, Master of Cathcart (died 1513) * Alan Cathcart, 3rd Lord Cathcart (died 1547) * Alan Cathcart, 4th Lord Cathcart (1537–1618) ** Alan Cathcart, Master of Cathcart (1562–1602) * Alan Cathcart, 5th Lord Cathcart (1600–1628) * Alan Cathcart, 6th Lord Cathcart (1628–1709) * Alan Cathcart, 7th Lord Cathcart (1648–1732) ** Allan Cathcart (died 1699) *
Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart (1686 – 20 December 1740) was a British Army officer and peer. Family He was the second son of Alan Cathcart, 7th Lord Cathcart by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair. Hi ...
(1686–1740) ** George Alan Cathcart (born 1719) ** John Cathcart (born 1719) *
Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart, Order of the Thistle, KT (21 March 1721 – 14 August 1776) was a British Army officer and diplomat. He was also chief of the Clan Cathcart. Bi ...
(1721–1776) * William Schaw Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart (1755–1843) (created Baron Greenock and Viscount Cathcart in 1807 and Earl Cathcart in 1814)


Earls Cathcart (1814)

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William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart General William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart (17 September 175516 June 1843) was a British Army officer and diplomat who served as the British ambassador to Russia from 1805 to 1806. Early life Cathcart born at Petersham, London, on 1 ...
(1755–1843) ** William Cathcart, Master of Cathcart (1782–1804) * Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart (1783–1859) ** Hon. Charles Cathcart (1824–1825) * Alan Frederick Cathcart, 3rd Earl Cathcart (1828–1905) * Alan Cathcart, 4th Earl Cathcart (1856–1911) *
George Cathcart, 5th Earl Cathcart George Cathcart, 5th Earl Cathcart (26 June 1862 – 19 November 1927), styled Lord Greenock until 1911, was a British Army officer and peer. Early life Cathcart was born on 26 June 1862. He was third of five sons born to Alan Cathcart, 3rd Earl ...
(1862–1927) *
Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart, (22 August 1919 – 15 June 1999), styled Lord Greenock until 1927, was a British Army officer who served as List of Commandants of Berlin Sectors, Commandant of the ...
(1919–1999) * Charles Alan Andrew Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart (born 1952) The
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is the present holder's son Alan George Cathcart, Lord Greenock (born 1986)


References


Attribution

* * Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, *


External links

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