Charles Cathcart, Lord Cathcart

(b. March 21, 1721, Edinburgh, Scotland – d. Aug. 14, 1776, Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park Corner, London )

Gender: M

Lieutenant-General Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart (1721-1776), was a British soldier and diplomat. He was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden, and was British Ambassador to the court of Catherine the Great in Russia from 1768-1772.

Also known as:

Charles Cathcart
Lord Cathcart

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