William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart
The Earl Cathcart | |
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Nickname(s) | Cath |
Born | Petersham, England, Kingdom of Great Britain | 17 September 1755
Died | 16 June 1843 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | (aged 87)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Commander-in-Chief, Scotland Commander-in-Chief, Ireland |
Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War |
Awards | Knight of the Order of the Thistle (Russia)Order of St. Andrew (Russia) Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree |
Early life
He was the son of Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart and his wife Ann Hamilton.
Cathcart born at Petersham, London, on 17 September 1755, and educated at Eton College.
Military career
In 1771 he went to
In 1777 he obtained a commission in the
In September 1784 Cathcart organised the first formal cricket match in Scotland, in the grounds of Schawpark and commissioned a family portrait by David Allan to commemorate the event.[4][2]
He was elected a
From 1803 to 1805 Lord Cathcart was Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, and in the latter year he was sent by
After the recall of this expedition Cathcart
On 1 January 1812 he was promoted to the full rank of general, and a few months later he proceeded to
He died at his estate near Glasgow on 16 June 1843.[3] He is buried in Paisley Abbey with a monument by William Mossman erected in 1848.[5]
Family
Cathcart married Elizabeth Elliot, the daughter of the lieutenant-governor of New York Andrew Elliot, on 10 April 1779. The couple had ten children, the first five being born in the 1780s. Their first child, Louisa, was born in New York on 25 January 1780, but died soon after her birth. Other children included the army officers Sir George Cathcart and Sir Charles Cathcart, both of whom became generals, the latter inheriting the peerage on his father's death.[3]
William's first-born son, William Cathcart, entered the Royal Navy but died of yellow fever in 1804 while in command of his ship HMS Clorinde.[6]
Cathcart took two of his sons with him during his appointment as ambassador to Russia, Captain Frederick Macadam Cathcart served as his private secretary and Lieutenant George Cathcart functioned as his aide-de-camp. Cathcart's last son, Adolphus Frederick Cathcart, was born on 28 June 1803.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Barrington 1814, p. 3.
- ^ a b Clackmannan and the Ochils by Adam Swan ISBN 07073 0513 6
- ^ a b c d e f g (Chisholm 1911, p. 518)
- ^ "Cricket Scotland".
- ^ Gunnis 1954, pp. 266.
- ^ Laughton 1912, p. 385.
- ^ "William Schaw, 1st Earl of Cathcart". geni.com. 17 September 1755.
Books cited
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 518.
- Barrington, C. J. (1814). The Military Panorama, or Officer's Companion.
- Gunnis, Rupert (1954). Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 266.
- Laughton, John Knox (1912). The Naval Miscellany. Vol. 2. London: Naval Record Society. pp. 385, 389, 394, 395, 450.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Cathcart
- "William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl of Cathcart". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2021.