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unusual facts about William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart



Cathcart Castle

The newly created 1st Earl Cathcart bought back his ancestral home in 1814, although with the intention of selling off the stone rather than living in it.

Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian

At the end of the expedition, the 28th bore a distinguished part in Lord Cathcart's action of Geldermalsen.

William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart

From 1803 to 1805 Lord Cathcart was commander-in-chief in Ireland, and in the latter year he was sent by Pitt to supersede Sir George Don in command of the 14,000 strong British expedition to Hanover.

He occupied Hanover on 14 December and joined with Werdereffsky’s Russian column of Tolstoi’s corps.


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