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Descent from Sir Alan Cathcart, 1st Lord Cathcart to Alan Reginald Cathcart (Tree-Line 56)

 

Last updated:  14 April 2005

Sir Alan Cathcart, 1st Lord Cathcart, a. 31 July 1452 and 1484, d by 3 Oct 1497; m Janet Maxwell

1

Alan, Master of Cathcart; m and dvp

2

John, 2nd Lord Cathcart, d Dec 1535; m 1st Margaret, dau of John Kennedy, of Blairquhan

3

Alan, Master of Cathcart, k vp Battle of Flodden 9 Sept 1513; m by Aug 1507 Agnes, dau of Robert, 2nd Lord Lyle

4

Alan, 3rd Lord Cathcart, ka Battle of Pinkie 10 Sept 1547; m Helen Sempill, est dau of 2nd Lord Sempill

5

Alan, 4th Lord Cathcart, b c 1537, d Dec 1618; 

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Alan, Master of Cathcart, b 1562, dvp 1603; m by 24 June 1594 Isabel, dau of Thomas Kennedy of Bargeny

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Alan, 5th Lord Cathcart, b c 1600, d 18 Aug 1628; m 2nd c 29 Oct 1626 Jean, dau of Sir Alexander Colquhoun of Luss

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Alan, 6th Lord Cathcart, b 1628, d 13 June 1709; m by July 1643 Marion, est dau of David Boswell, 5th of Auchinleck

9

Alan, 7th Lord Cathcart, b c 1648, d 19 Oct 1732; m c 12 Oct 1672 Elizabeth Dalrymple, dau of 1st Viscount Stair

10

Charles, 8th Lord Cathcart, b 1686, d. at sea en route to America to take up post as C-in-C Br Forces America; m 29 March 1718 Marion (only child of Sir John Shaw (or Schaw), Bt, of Greenock) who d 21 March 1733. Capt 1702, Maj Scots Greys 1709, Lt-Col 9th Foot 1717, Col: 31st Foot 1728–31, 8th Dragoons 1731–33 and 7th Horse of King’s Carabiniers 1733–40, representative Scottish peer 1734–40, Brig Gen 1735, Maj Gen 1739

11

Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart, b 21 March 1721, d 14 Aug 1776; m 24 July 1753 Jane (dau of Lord Archibald Hamilton and gdau of 4th Duke of Hamilton) who d 13 Nov 1771. KT (1763), PC (1768), representative Scottish peer 1752–76, ADC to Duke of Cumberland, Lt-Gen, Amb St Petersburg 1768–71

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William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart, b Aug 1755, d 16 June 1843; m 10 April 1779 Elizabeth ( dau of Andrew Elliot, of Greenwells, Roxburghshire, Govr New York) who d 14 Dec 1847. Viscount Cathcart of Cathcart, C. Renfrew and Baron Greenock of Greenock, Co. Renfrew (9 Nov 1807), and Earl Cathcart (16 July 1814), Advocate1776, joined 7th Dragoons 1777, Maj 98th Regt 1779, QMG Forces America to 1779–80, Lt-Col Coldstream Gds 1781, Col 29th Foot 1792–97, rep S peer (Tory) 1788–1812, Maj-Gen 1794, Lt-Gen 1801, C-in-C Copenhagen Expdn 1807, Amb St Petersburg 1805–06 and 1812–20, Col 2nd Life Gds, Gen 1812, Jt Min Plen Congress Vienna 1814–15

13

Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart, b 21 Dec 1783, d 16 July 1859; m 12 Feb 1819 Henrietta (2nd dau of Thomas Mather) who d 24 June 1872. GCB (1859), KCB 1838),  served Peninsula and Waterloo, Gen, Col 1st Dragoon Gds, Govr Edinburgh Castle, Cdr Forces Scotland, Govr-Gen and C-in-C England

14

Augustus Murray Cathcart, b 18 Aug 1830, d 14 July 1914; m 28 Nov 1866 Hon Jean Mary Orde-Powlett (only dau of 3rd Baron Bolton) who d 27 Jan 1931. Col Gren Gds Crimean War

15

Frederick Adrian Cathcart of Drumgrange, Ardendee, Kirkcudbright, b 26 June 1873, d 2 May 1943; 15 Nov 1904 Margaret Cecil Anne (yr dau of Lt-Col Hon William Fitzwilliam Elliot) who d 2 March 1956. Maj 3rd Bn York and Lancaster Regt, S African War and WW I

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Alan Reginald Cathcart of Drumgrange, b 6 June 1908, d 26 April 1967; m 5 April 1934 Daphne Victoria Catherine (yr dau of Maj-Gen John Archibald Henry Pollock) who d 1993

having descent:

 

I

Charles Alan Cathcart, b. 1 April 1940; m. Carol Ann Jenner

 

1

Daniel Edwards Cathcart, b. 24 September 1974

 

2

Emma Katherine Cathcart, b. 22 June 1976

 

II

Julia Mary Cathcart, b. 14 June 1936, d. Dec 2000; m. 25 Apr 1959 Angus George Millar (son of George William Russell Millar)

 

1

James George Millar, b. 16 Jan 1961, m. 1992 Katherine Ann Danielson (d. of John Danielson)

 

A

Hector George Millar, b. 1994

 

B

Ludovic Angus Danielson Millar, b. 1996

 

C

Sholto Charles Millar, b. 2000

 

2

Charles Angus Millar, b. 15 June 1963

 

All information taken from Burkes Peerage and Baronetage

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