The event was established in 1938, and it was named in honour of Frederick Cathcart, the clerk of the course and chairman at Cheltenham from 1908 to 1934.
Frederick the Great | Frederick | Frederick II | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor | Frederick Russell Burnham | Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts | Frederick Law Olmsted | Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor | Frederick Forsyth | Frederick Douglass | Frederick, Maryland | Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany | Frederick III | Frederick I | Frederick Delius | Frederick William III of Prussia | John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony | Frederick III, German Emperor | Frederick William IV of Prussia | Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg | Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor | Frederick, Prince of Wales | Frederick Funston | Frederick Ashton | John Frederick II | Frederick Wiseman | Frederick Marryat | Cathcart | Lord Frederick Cavendish |
It was briefly the possession of Samuel Crompton whose daughter inherited the manor where it passed down her husbands', Alan Frederick Cathcart, 3rd Earl Cathcart, line of descent.