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CATHCART, CHARLES SCHAW, 9TH BARON CATHCART (S), third son of Charles Cathcart, 8th Baron Cathcart (S), and his first wife Marion, only child of Sir John Schaw, Bart.; b. 21 Mar 1721; adm. Jan 1733/4; left 1735; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards, 13 Nov 1740; succ. father as 9th Baron Cathcart (S) 20 Dec 1740; Capt., 20th Foot, 2 Apr 1742; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards, 27 May 1745 - 27 Aug 1753; served with Duke of Cumberland in Flanders, Scotland and Netherlands, and was dangerously wounded in the head at battle of Fontenoy; a Lord of the Bedchamber to Duke of Cumberland by 1748 (Chamberlayne 1748); a hostage in Paris for the restitution of Cape Breton, Nov 1748 - Oct 1749; Brevet Col. and Adj. -Gen. for North Britain, 12 Apr 1750; a Scottish Representative Peer from 1752; Maj. -Gen., 21 Jan 1755; Lieut. -Gen., 14 Dec 1760; Commander of the Forces in Scotland; Lord High Commissioner to General Assembly of Church of Scotland, 1755-63, and from 1773; KT 13 Apr 1763; First Lord of Police, Scotland, 1764-76; Ambassador to St. Petersburg, Jul 1768 - Aug 1772; PC 29 Jun 1768; m. 24 Jul 1753 Jean, sister of Archibald Hamilton (qv); d. 14 Aug 1776. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.