Sir George Cathcart

(1794-1854)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cathcart, George, Sir, 1794-1854 NRA: Cathcart Sir George (1794-1854) Knight General DNB: Cathcart, Sir George (1794–1854), army officer LBT ID: GeCathc1854 VIAF ID: 67357919 LOC ID: n89667665	B/BAP: 1794-05-12 DIED: 1854-11-05
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The son of William Schaw Cathcart, first Earl Cathcart, he was aide-de-camp to Wellington at Waterloo and was commander-in-chief in South Africa (1852-54); he was killed in the Crimean War.
REFERENCES TO Sir George Cathcart: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XII: 1817-18 Found 3: ¶ 12 ¶ 15 ¶ 1