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CATHCATtT. 191 V. 1G1S. 6, Alan (Catiicart), Lord Catiicart [S.] s. and h. ; served h. to his grandfather 8 May 1619. He m. firstly, Margaret, da. of Francis (Stewart), 1st Earl of Botiiwell [S.], by Margaret, da. of David (Douglas), Earl of Angus [S.]. She d. s.p.s. He m. secondly, Jean, da. of Sir Alexander Colquhoun of Luss. He d. IS Aug. 162S. His widow m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL of Auchinbreck, who was slain 1045, fighting against Montrose's army. She m. thirdly the Hon. Sir William Hamilton(»), who was long Resident in Rome on behalf of the Queen Dow. Henrietta Maria. VI. 1628 G. Alan (Catiicart), Loud Catiicart) [S.], 6. the same year his father died, being served h. to hhn 25 June 1631. He m. Marion, da. o£ David Boswell of Auchinleck, co. Ayr. He d. 13 June 1709 in his Slst year. VII. 1709 7. Alan (Catiicart), Lord Cathcart [S.], s. and L ; b, about 1648. He m. Elizabeth, da. of James (Dalrymple), 1st Viscount Stair [S.], by Margaret, da. of James Ross of Balniel, co. Wigtown. He d. in Scotland, 19 Oct 1732 in his S5th year. Will pr. 1733. VIII. 1732. 8. Charles (Catiicart), Lord Catiicart IS]., 2nd but 1st surv, s. and h.( b ) ; b. 1686. He was (as Captain), in the wars in Flanders in 1703; Major in the Scots Greys, 1709, and afterwards Lieut. -Col. thereof ; distinguished himself at SherifFmuir, 13 Nov. 1715, where the victory over the left wing of the Insurgents was principally owing to him. Lieut.-Col. of the 9th Foot, 1717 ; of the 31st Foot, 1728 ; of the 8th Reg. of Dragoons, 1731, and of the 3rd Carabineers, 1733. Gov. of Duucannon Fort 1735, and of Londonderry, with the rank of Major-Gen. in the Army, 1739. Having been appointed Commander-in- Cuikk of the forces sent to attack the King of Spain in his American dominions, he set sail in Oct. 1740, but d. on the voyage. He was also Groom of the Bedchamber to Oeorge I., 1714 ; and Lord of the Bedchamber to George II. in 1773. Rep. Peer [S.] 1734-40. He m. firstly, 29 March 1 718, at St. Mary Mag., Old Fish Street, London, Marion, only child of Sir John Shaw.(^) or Schaw, Bart. [S.], of Greenock, co. Renfrew, by Margaret da. of Sir Hew Dalrymple, Bart. [S.] of North Berwick. She, who was 4. 7 Dec. 1700, d. at Edinburgh 21 March 1733 in her 33rd year, having had 10 children. He m. secondly, 1739, Elizabeth, relict of James Fleet o£ Tewin, Herts (who d. 29 April 1733) widow of Capt. Sabine, 2nd da. of Thomas Malyn of Battereea, Surrey. He d. as afsd., after 13 days illness, 20 Dec. 1740, aged 54 and was bur. on the beach of Prince Rupert's Bay. Dominica. M.I. Will pr. 1741. His widow in. (for her 4th husband) 18 May 1745, Hugh Macguire, an Irish officer in the Hungarian service, afterwards Lieut.-Col. in the British service. For 20 years he is said to have kept her a Prisoner in Ireland, viz., till his death in 1764. She d. 3 Aug. 1789 in her 98th year and was bur. at Tewin aforesaid. M.I.{<>) Will pr. 1789. IX. 1740. 9. Charles Schaw (Catiicart), Lord Cathcart [S.], 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h. by first wife, b. at Edinburgh, 21 March 1721. Capt. 20th Reg., 1742; was Lord of the Bedchamber and Aide-de-Camp to H.lt.H. the Duke of Cumberland, at the buttle of Foutenoy, 30 April 1745, where he was severely wouuded,(°) and where his only surv. br. was slain in his 23rd year. ( a ) " William Hamilton, 3rd br. to the Earl of Abercoru " [S.] is said to have been cr. a Baronet [S.] in Milne's List, but no date is assigned. (") Alan Cathcart, his elder br. (who d. before his Father became a Peer) was drowned on his passage to Holland, Aug. 1699. ( c ) This Baronetcy was cr. 28 June 1687 and became extinct 5 April 1732 by the death of John, the 3rd Bart, (grandson of the grantee) 5 April 1732. ( d ) This commemorates but two (the 1st and 3rd) out of her four husbands ; dwelling chiefly on " her boundless acts of charity " of which the only tangible one is a gift of £5 a year for schooling the poor of Tewin. In Miss Edgeworth's " Castle liackrout" several particulars are given of Col. Macguire's treatment of his wife. (°) The. black patch ovev the " Foutenoy " sear on his cheek (of which he was very proud) appears in all his portraits.