George Cathcart

Major-General Sir George Cathcart (12 May 1794 – 5 November 1854) was a Scottish general of the British Army and diplomat.

Military career Cathcart was born in Renfrewshire, a younger son of William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart.

After receiving his education at Eton and in Edinburgh, in 1810 he purchased a commission in the Life Guards regiment. In 1813 he went to Russia to serve as aide-de-camp to his father, who was ambassador and military commissioner. George Cathcart was present at the battles between the Russian and the French armies in 1813 and he followed the Russian Army through Europe and entered Paris in March 1814. he granted the first constitution to the colony that ended the 8th Cape Frontier War, and defeated the Basutos at the Battle of Berea. In July 1853 Cathcart was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). and he left the Cape in April 1854.

Jane Cathcart (21 October 1825 – 23 March 1903) Louisa Margaret Cathcart (13 August 1827 – 12 March 1835) Georgiana Mary Cathcart (20 April 1829 – 7 June 1852) George Greville Cathcart (13 December 1832 – 12 May 1841) Alice Cathcart (7 September 1830 – 13 June 1855) Hon. Emily Sarah Cathcart (24 November 1834 – 16 February 1917), appointed Maid of Honour to the Queen in 1855 (giving her the courtesy rank of a baron's daughter), and later served as a Woman of the Bedchamber from 1880 Louisa Cathcart (29 June 1839 – 25 June 1890) Anne Cathcart (23 October 1840 – 27 December 1917)

Legacy Cathcart, New South Wales, Australia is named after him.