General Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart was a British soldier and diplomat. He was also chief of the Clan Cathcart. The son of Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart and Marion Shaw, he was born on 21 March 1721. Opposed to the restoration of the Stuart monarchy, he became an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland and during the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745, was shot in the face. Joshua Reynolds' portrait (1753-5) shows the black silk patch he used to cover the scar on his cheek.

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  • General Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart was a British soldier and diplomat. He was also chief of the Clan Cathcart. The son of Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart and Marion Shaw, he was born on 21 March 1721. Opposed to the restoration of the Stuart monarchy, he became an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland and during the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745, was shot in the face. Joshua Reynolds' portrait (1753-5) shows the black silk patch he used to cover the scar on his cheek. This seemingly earned him the soubriquet 'Patch Cathcart'. The following year at the Battle of Culloden again acting as ADC to Cumberland Cathcart was once more wounded in battle. On 24 July 1753 he married Jane Hamilton, daughter of Captain Lord Archibald Hamilton and Lady Jane Hamilton. They had three children: Jane, first wife of the fourth Duke of Atholl. William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart (b. Aug 1755) Mary (b. 1757) Louisa (b. 1761) Charles was the last Lord Cathcart to inherit the family estate of Sundrum. Upon inheriting his mother's estates in Greenock he sold Sundrum to James Murray of Broughton in 1758. In 1763 he was created a Knight of the Order of the Thistle. In February 1768 he was appointed ambassador at St Petersburg and was well received by Catherine the Great. He served at the Russian court until 1772. On his return to Britain he was elected Rector of Glasgow University in 1773. He died on 14 August 1776.
  • Charles Cathcart, 9. Lord Cathcart był brytyjskim wojskowym i dyplomatą, przywódca szkockiego klanu Cathcart Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart. Walczył w wojnie o sukcesję austriacką. Ranny w twarz podczas bitwy pod Fontenoy w 1745, w której uczestniczył jako adiutant księcia Cumberlandu. Malarz Joshua Reynolds, który ok. 1753-55 roku namalował jego portret ukrył szramę w twarzy kawałkiem czarnego jedwabiu. W latach 1768–1772 ambasador Wielkiej Brytanii w Petersburgu. W roku 1773 wybrany rektorem uniwersytetu w Edynburgu.
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  • General Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart was a British soldier and diplomat. He was also chief of the Clan Cathcart. The son of Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart and Marion Shaw, he was born on 21 March 1721. Opposed to the restoration of the Stuart monarchy, he became an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland and during the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745, was shot in the face. Joshua Reynolds' portrait (1753-5) shows the black silk patch he used to cover the scar on his cheek.
  • Charles Cathcart, 9. Lord Cathcart był brytyjskim wojskowym i dyplomatą, przywódca szkockiego klanu Cathcart Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart. Walczył w wojnie o sukcesję austriacką. Ranny w twarz podczas bitwy pod Fontenoy w 1745, w której uczestniczył jako adiutant księcia Cumberlandu. Malarz Joshua Reynolds, który ok. 1753-55 roku namalował jego portret ukrył szramę w twarzy kawałkiem czarnego jedwabiu. W latach 1768–1772 ambasador Wielkiej Brytanii w Petersburgu.
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  • Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart
  • Charles Cathcart, 9. Lord Cathcart
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