George Cathcart

Sir George Cathcart
General Sir George Cathcart
Born	(1794-05-12)12 May 1794 Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died	5 November 1854(1854-11-05) (aged 60) Inkerman, Crimea
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1810–1854
Rank	General
Commands held	4th Division
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars Battle of Copenhagen War of the Seventh Coalition Battle of Quatre Bras Battle of Waterloo Xhosa Wars Crimean War Battle of Inkerman
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General The Honourable Sir George Cathcart GCB (12 May 1794 – 5 November 1854) was a British general and diplomat.

Military career

He was born in Renfrewshire, son of William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart. After receiving his education at Eton and in Edinburgh, he was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1810.^[1] He saw service in the United States and Flanders, distinguished himself at the bombardment of Copenhagen and represented England at the court of Russia and during the Congress of Vienna.

He served as aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington in 1815 at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo.

In 1852 to 1853, as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope,^[2] he granted the first constitution to the colony, ended the 8th Cape Frontier War and crushed the Basutos.^[1]

In 1853 he was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces.^[3]

He was killed during the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War, on 5 November 1854.^[1]

The town of Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa is named for him.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "^{article name needed}". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

1 2 3 Victorian Web
↑ The London Gazette: no. 21283. p. 161. 10 January 1852. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 21503. p. 3683. 16 December 1853. Retrieved 2009-11-14.

Bibliography

George Cathcart, Commentaries on the War in Russia and Germany in 1812 and 1818, London: 1850.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Harry Smith	Governor of the Cape Colony 1852–1853	Succeeded by Sir Charles Henry Darling, acting
Military offices
Preceded by Sir George Brown	Adjutant General 1853–1854	Succeeded by Sir George Wetherall

Governors of the Cape Colony

	British occupation 1806–1814	David Baird Henry George Grey Du Pre Alexander Henry George Grey John Francis Cradock Robert Meade

	British colony 1814–1910	Charles Somerset Rufane Shaw Donkin Richard Bourke Galbraith Lowry Cole Thomas Francis Wade Benjamin D'Urban George Thomas Napier Peregrine Maitland Henry Pottinger Harry Smith George Cathcart Charles Henry Darling George Grey Robert Henry Wynyard Philip Edmond Wodehouse Charles Craufurd Hay Henry Barkly Henry Bartle Frere Henry Hugh Clifford George Cumine Strahan Hercules Robinson Leicester Smyth Henry D'Oyley Torrens Henry Augustus Smyth Henry Brougham Loch William Gordon Cameron Hercules Robinson William Howley Goodenough Alfred Milner William Francis Butler Walter Hely-Hutchinson Henry Jenner Scobell Those in italics were Acting Governors

State President of the South African Republic State President of the Orange Free State Prime Minister of the Cape Colony Prime Minister of Natal

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 67357919 LCCN: n89667665 ISNI: 0000 0000 6324 3473 GND: 122821785

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