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		CATHCART, earl of, a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom, possessed by a family of the same surname of great antiquity in the west of Scotland, conferred in 1814 on William, Lord Cathcart (a baron in the peerage of Scotland, date of creation 1447) for his military services.
		He succeeded his father as Lord Cathcart in 1732, and was appointed one of the lords of the bedchamber to George the Second in January 1783, in room of the duke of Hamilton resigned.
		Lord Cathcart proceeded to Germany, and remained on the Weser, and in other places, having been intrusted by his majesty with the command of the British light cavalry and the foreign light corps in British pay, in all thirty squadrons, till December 1795, when he embarked at Cuxhaven for England.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/nation/cathcart.htm (5719 words)

	WILLIAM SCHAW CATHCART, 1ST EARL CATHCART - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM SCHAW CATHCART, 1ST EARL CATHCART (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		From 1803 to 1805 Lord Cathcart was commander-inchief in Ireland, and in the latter year he was sent by Pitt in command of the British expedition to Hanover (see NAPOLEONIc CAMPAIGNS).
		After the recall of this expedition Cathcart commanded the forces in Scotland until 1807, when he was placed in charge of the expedition to Copenhagen, which surrendered to him on the 6th of September.
		Four weeks later he was created Viscount Cathcart of Cathcart and Baron Greenock of Greenock in the peerage of the United Kingdom, resuming the Scottish command on his return from the front.
	24.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CATHCART_WILLIAM_SCHAW_CATHCART_1ST_EARL.htm (648 words)

	William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart and 10th Lord Cathcart (September 17, 1755–June 16, 1843), Scottish soldier and diplomatist, was born at Petersham, and educated at Eton.
		From 1803 to 1805 Lord Cathcart was commander-in-chief in Ireland, and in the latter year he was sent by Pitt in command of the British expedition to Hanover.
		After the recall of this expedition Cathcart commanded the forces in Scotland until 1807, when he was placed in charge of the expedition to Copenhagen, which surrendered to him on September 6.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Schaw_Cathcart,_1st_Earl_Cathcart (493 words)

	Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch
		Lord Wellington, in a despatch to General Graham, says ‘I beg to congratulate you and the brave troops under your command on the signal victory which you gained on the 5th instant.
		Lord Wellington mentions that La Pena was to be brought to a court-martial, but nothing is known of the result.
		Lord Lynedoch continued to the last his early rising, his active habits, and temperate mode of living, his interest in rural affairs, and in the management and adornment of his estate.
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	Letter to Lord Cathcart
		Lord Cathcart, President of the Board of Police in Scotland, became interested in the work of humane societies in Amsterdam and other large cities.
		Cathcart believed their work would be very appropriate in Scotland, and asked Cullen to provide the most up-to-date instructions for artificial respiration.
		The collaboration between Cullen and Lord Cathcart seems a hopeful premonition of medical police, or state intervention in public health, but it depended on the generosity of church or charity to provide the bellows and pipes necessary for resuscitation of the drowned.
	special.lib.gla.ac.uk /teach/Cullen/letter.html (491 words)

	CATHCART, 1ST EARL - LoveToKnow Article on CATHCART, 1ST EARL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		CATHCART, SIR GEORGE (17941854), English soldier, third son of the 1st Earl Cathcart, was born in London on the 12th of May 1794.
		In the 12th century Cathcart became a barony of the Cathcarts, who derived the title of their lordship (1460) and earldom (1814) from it.
		In 1075 a council was held in London, under the presidency of Archbishop Lanfranc, which, reciting the decrees of the council of Sardica held in 347 and that of Laodicea held in 360 on.
	23.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CATHCART_1ST_EARL.htm (2706 words)

	Sir George Cathcart (1794-1854)
		In January 1852 Cathcart was appointed by Wellington to succeed Major-General Sir Harry Smith as Governor and Commander-in-Chief at the Cape.
		Cathcart was instructed that he was to be to the Commander-in-Chief of the army in the campaign in the event of anything happening to Lord Raglan.
		Cathcart's division was barely involved at the battle of the Alma, and his advice to storm Sebastopol at once was rejected by the allied generals.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/crimea/cathcart.html (698 words)

	Bio Notes: William Schaw Cathcart
		Cathcart was the son of the ninth Baron Cathcart (Scottish peerage), and both sides of his family had a history of serving in Britain's diplomatic corps.
		Cathcart was equally prominent in the social whirl of Philadelphia society.
		Cathcart served as commander-in-chief in Ireland from 1803 to 1805, then was appointed to the post once held by his father, as British ambassador to the Russian court.
	home.golden.net /~marg/bansite/friends/cathcart.html (2513 words)

	Clan Cathcart
		Alan, son of the second Lord Cathcart, along with his two half-brothers, Robert and John, was killed at the Battle of Flodden 1513 along with the Scottish king James 1V (Stuart).
		Alan, fourth Lord Cathcart, was a fervent Protestant and promoter of the Reformation, particularly in the west of Scotland where his influence was greatest.
		Cathcart Castle was demolished amid protests in 1980 as the corporation claimed it had become a danger to its many visitors.
	www.ayrshirescotland.com /clans/cathcart.html (580 words)

	Earl Cathcart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title of Earl Cathcart was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1814.
		The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Cathcart (1807) and Baron Greenock (1807) in the Peerage of the UK, and Lord Cathcart (1460) in the Peerage of Scotland.
		William Schaw Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart (1755-1843) (became Viscount Cathcart in 1807 and Earl Cathcart in 1814)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_Cathcart (105 words)

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		Lord Castlereagh having reported from the committee that it was the Duke's desire to express to the house his answer in person, the following day, July 1, was appointed for the solemnity.
		From that point he wrote to Lord Castlereagh, stating the interview he had had with the sovereigns on the subject of Buonaparte's movements, and adding that he had no doubt whatever of their support, and their determination not to lay down their arms until Buonaparte was put down.
		In a speech he made on the 28th March, explanatory of the causes of his resignation, he distinctly denied that the reform fever was owing to that declaration, and asserted that it was to be attributed to the effect on the public mind of the revolutions in France and Belgium.
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	The Clan Cathcart :: Gathering of the Clans - Devoted To All Things Scottish :: Gathering of the Clans - Devoted To All ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Cathcart Kirk, Cathcart Castle, and various other abbeys were all still standing in Cathcart as of the book entitled "Why Cathcart?" published in May of 1972.
		Notable Cathcarts include Sir Alan Cathcart, who was a companion of King Robert I when he mounted the throne in 1307, and was engaged on his side at the Battle of Loudoun-hill that same year, when the Scots defeated the British.
		Another notable was the first Lord Cathcart, dignified with the honour in 1447 by King James II.
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	Cathcart Clan Chiefs
		The earliest know likeness of a Cathcart is that of John 2nd Lord Cathcart who resided at Sundrum and died in 1535.
		Lord William Cathcart successfully commanded the expedition to capture the Danish fleet at Copenhagen, denying its use to Napoleon Bonaparte.
		Lord Cathcart became ambassador to Russia and was created a knight of the order of the Thistle.
	www.sundrumcastle.com /clanappeal/chiefs.html (267 words)

	A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Lord Grey said a few words on presenting a petition expressing a hope to be convinced on the subject of the Franchise Bill, but laying ground for voting against it.
		Opposed by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Malmesbury, Winchelsea, and Clanricarde.
		Lord Heytesbury only observed that 'it was a resumption of belligerent rights.' This Count Nesselrode did not deny, and he said they could not long remain in the false position in which they now were in the Mediterranean.
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	Caledon, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
		Lord Caledon was not, literally, the first British civil governor of The Cape, having been preceded in that capacity by Lord Macartney and Sir George Yonge, successive holders of the office between the first conquest of The Cape, and its cession back to the Dutch under the terms of the Peace of Amiens of 1802.
		The question of the relationship between the civil and the military authorities of the colony, personified in Lord Caledon's relationship with the Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Henry Grey, was the most troublesome of the former's period of office as Governor, and the issue on which he resigned in June 1811.
		In a letter from Lord Minto [Governor General of India] upon that occasion, he acknowledges the public service I rendered, not only as relating to the fall of the Mauritius, but adds that it was to the co-operation I afforded he was indebted for the means of moving against Java.
	www.caledon.org.uk /proni.php (2836 words)

	Flags of Our Fathers Movie Site: Lord Peter Wimsey - Clouds of Witness
		Lord Peter (Ian Carmichael) returns from Paris after reading that his older brother the Duke of Denver (David Langton) practically accused of murdering Capt. Dennis Cathcart (Anthony Ainley) the soon to be husband of Lady Mary Wimsey (Rachel Herbert), Peters sister.
		Lord Peter Wimsey's brother Gerald, the Duke of Denver, has got himself into "a spot of bother." He is accused of killing Lady Mary Wimsey's fiance, a card cheat named Cathcart.
		Lord Peter returns just in the nick of time to give evidence at the trial of his brother in the House of Lords.
	www.flagsofourfathers.net /shop.php?c=dvds&n=404278&i=B00005RIWV&a=reviews&p=1&x=Lord_Peter_Wimsey_Clouds_of_Witness (1005 words)

	Our Ancient Ancestors
		Lord Boyd was suspected of complicity in the murder of Murry in 1570, and joined the party of Lennox in 1571.
		From Bonkyl's fourth son came the Stewarts of Innermeath in Strathearn, from whom descended the Stewart Lords of Lorn, the Stewarts of Murthly and Grandtully, the Stewart Earls of Athol, and the Stewarts of Appin.
		One of his daughters, Margarat, he married to John, Lord of the Isles, and as John was already married to his cousin Amy, he made him put her away, and granted him a charter of her lands and titled great possessions of the Lord of the Isles to descend to his own grandchildren, Margaret's sons.
	www.lgboyd.com /boydbook/chapter1.htm (12004 words)

	The Battle of Balaklava Part 4 - Formula for Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Lord Raglan wishes the Cavalry to advance rapidly to the front - follow the Enemy and try to prevent the Enemy carrying away the guns - Troop Horse Artillery may accompany - French Cavalry is on y.
		According to Calthorpe, Nolan 'received careful instructions from both Lord Raglan and the Quartermaster General (Airey)' before leaping into the saddle and spurring over the crest down the steep escarpment, followed by Raglan's last shouted command 'Tell Lord Lucan the cavalry is to attack immediately'.
		Anyway now at last he was the bearer of orders which guaranteed that the cavalry, and especially the light cavalry, were to have their moment of glory, and he would be riding with them.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/crimean_war/70211 (1794 words)

	Tate Britain \| Past Exhibitions \| Joshua Reynolds
		Lord Cathcart was an aristocrat and soldier who had been wounded three times during the previous decade in a succession of armed conflicts.
		Lord Rodney, born into an aristocratic family, became one of the most distinguished British naval commanders of the eighteenth century.
		Lord Ligonier is shown here at the age of seventy-six, though his greatest military achievement was still to come: commanding the British army during the Seven Years War against France.
	www.tate.org.uk /britain/exhibitions/reynolds/roomguide2.shtm (1184 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Cathcart : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Alan de Cathcart sealed a charter of resignation to the Abbot of Paisley of lands at Culbeth in 1234.
		The third Lord Cathcart was killed at the Battle of Pinkie in September 1547.
		The ancient Castle of Cathcart was near the field of battle and there is a viewpoint from which the queen is said to have awaited the outcome of the engagement.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Cathcart_17 (927 words)

	LORCA’S REEL
		Lord Alexander was the son and namesake of Marshall’s employer, born in 1785, who lived only until the age of 23, dying in Musselburgh Barracks on January 8
		The tune’s namesake, Lord Alexander George Russell, was born on the 16
		A reel version of the Scottish strathspey “Lord Banff.” Breathnach (1996) notes that it is unusual to have an Irish reel set in the key of E Major, but that “some musicians—particularly fiddlers—like to have the occasional one as a challenge.” Source for notated version: a c.
	www.ibiblio.org /fiddlers/LORC_LORP.htm (2134 words)

	Family Tree genealogy and Scottish clan history from AncestralScotland - Search Results
		Sir Alan de Cathcart was a strong supporter of Robert the Bruce in the struggle for Scottish independence.
		Sir Alan de Cathcart would later be raised to peerage with the title 'Lord Cathcart' and would further acquire lands in Ayrshire which included the estate of Auchencruive which was to become the family's principal seat until 1718.
		The eighth Lord, Charles, was born in 1686 and would go on to have a distinguished military career.
	www.ancestralscotland.com /clandetails.html?clan=cathcart.html (382 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 5 Nov 1999 (191105-02)
		My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now announce the results of the election of 75 hereditary Peers and their party or group in accordance with the provisions of the House of Lords Bill and Standing Order 9.
		My Lords, as have other members of the committee, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Geddes, first, on his patience with us and his diplomatic skills in bringing our report to the conclusion which is arousing so much interest today.
		My Lords, this report (which we are debating on a Friday afternoon at the end of a long parliamentary Session) represents a seemingly modest doorway which opens on to some of the most daunting perspectives of the coming century.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld199899/ldhansrd/vo991105/text/91105-02.htm (3967 words)

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		The Legion was the idea of Lord Cathcart as recorded in a letter from him to Clinton in the beginning of August 1778 (Todd W. Braisted).
		Lord Cathcart operated the infantry and Tarleton the cavalry.
		Lord Cathcart was a higher ranking officer in the establishment whereas Tarleton was only a cornet in the cavalry when the unit was formed.
	www.dauphinehotel.com /legion.htm (1250 words)

	ipedia.com: Peerage of Scotland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Lord of Parliament.
		Lords of Parliament and Female Holders of Lordships of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland
		Lord Lucas of Crudwell in the Peerage of England
	www.ipedia.com /peerage_of_scotland.html (851 words)

	William Schaw Cathcart
		CATHCART, William Schaw, Earl, British soldier, born in Petersham, England, 17 September, 1755; died in Cartside, near Glasgow, Scotland, 16 June, 1843.
		He was the eldest son of the ninth Baron Cathcart, and was educated at the University of Glasgow, studying law, though without any intention of practising.
		Lord Cathcart led one section of the "knights" at the famous " Mischianza" or entertainment given in honor of Sir William Howe in Philadelphia in May, 1778.
	www.famousamericans.net /williamschawcathcart (515 words)

	House of Lords Byelection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		After the death of Lord Vivian on 28th February 2004, the vacant seat was filled at a byelection held on 11th and 12th May 2004.
		As Lord Vivian had been one of the peers elected by the Conservative hereditary peers, the electorate consisted of the other Conservative elected hereditary peers.
		This included the 41 hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999 in the Conservative Party group, and 7 elected as office-holders by the House as a whole.
	www.election.demon.co.uk /lordsbe2.html (208 words)

	Amazon.com: Lord Peter Wimsey - Clouds of Witness: DVD: Ian Carmichael,Toke Townley,Gerald Cowan,John Bryans,Richard ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Lord Peter Wimsey website was filled with inquiries from fans panting to get copies of any or all of the fabulous five, but the BBC retained a stony silence.
		Lord Peter's brother Gerald is accused of murdering a man he had just argued with that evening and steadfastly refuses to say where he was at the time of the killing, although he was found bending over the body and his own gun was the means of death.
		Marchbanks, Noel Coleman as Col. Marchbanks, Georgina Cookson as Helen, Duchess of Denver, Anthony Ainley as Capt. Dennis Cathcart, Judith Arthy as Mrs.
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