William Schaw Cathcart, first Earl Cathcart

(1755-1843)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cathcart, William Schaw Cathcart, Earl, 1755-1843 NRA: Cathcart William Schaw (1755-1843) 1st Earl Cathcart General DNB: Cathcart, William Schaw, first Earl Cathcart (1755-1843), army officer and politician LBT ID: LdCathc1 VIAF ID: 76707154 LOC ID: nr91017334	B/BAP: 1755-09-17 DIED: 1843-06-16
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The son of Charles Schaw Cathcart, ninth Lord Cathcart, he was a Scottish military officer, courtier, and diplomat who was ambassador to Russia (1812-20).
REFERENCES TO William Schaw Cathcart, first Earl Cathcart: Walter Scott to Joanna Baillie, 10 December 1812 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1813 Chapter XI 1815 Found 1: ¶ 17 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. IV: 1806-08 Found 1: ¶ 7