Earl Cathcart
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Earl Cathcart is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1814 for the soldier and diplomat William Schaw Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart. He had already been created Viscount Cathcart, of Cathcart in the County of Renfrew, and Baron Greenock, of Greenock in the County of Renfrew, in 1807, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The title Lord Cathcart had been created in 1460 in the Peerage of Scotland for Sir Alan Cathcart, Warden of the West Marches and Master of Artillery. The present Earl is Chief of Clan Cathcart.
The family seat is Gateley Hall, near Fakenham, Norfolk.
[edit] Lords Cathcart (1460)
- Alan Cathcart, 1st Lord Cathcart (d. 1497)
- John Cathcart, 2nd Lord Cathcart (d. 1535)
- Alan Cathcart, 3rd Lord Cathcart (d. 1547)
- Alan Cathcart, 4th Lord Cathcart (1537-1618)
- Alan Cathcart, 5th Lord Cathcart (1600-1628)
- Alan Cathcart, 6th Lord Cathcart (1628-1709)
- Alan Cathcart, 7th Lord Cathcart (1648-1732)
- Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart (1686-1740)
- Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart (1721-1776)
- William Schaw Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart (1755-1843) (created Viscount Cathcart in 1807 and Earl Cathcart in 1814)
[edit] Earls Cathcart (1814)
- William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart (1755-1843)
- Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart (1783-1859)
- Alan Frederick Cathcart, 3rd Earl Cathcart (1828-1905)
- Alan Cathcart, 4th Earl Cathcart (1856-1911)
- George Cathcart, 5th Earl Cathcart (1862-1927)
- Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart (1919-1999)
- Charles Alan Andrew Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart (b. 1952)
- The Heir Apparent is Alan George Cathcart, Lord Greenock (b 1986)
