CATHCART 105 VII. 1709. 7. Alan (Cathcart), Lord Cathcart [S.], s. and h., b. about 1648. He m. (cont. dat. 12 Oct. 1672), Elizabeth, 2nd da. of James (Dalrymple), ist Viscount Stair [S.], by Margaret, da. of James Ross, of Balniel, co. Wigtown. She was bap. 9 Oct. 1653. He d. in Scotland, 19 Oct. 1732, in his 85th year. Will pr. 1733- VIII. 1732. 8- Charles (Cathcart), Lord Cathcart [S.], 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h.;(^) b. 1686. He was (as Captain) in the wars in Flanders in 1702; Major in the Scots Greys 1709, and after- wards Lieut. Col. thereof; distinguished himself at Sheriffmuir, 13 Nov. 171 5, where the victory over the left wing of the Insurgents was princi- pally owing to him. Lieut. Col. of the 9th Foot, 1717; Col. of the 31st Foot, 1728-31; of the 8th regt. of Dragoons, 1731-33; of the 7th Horse or King's Carabineers (since 1788 the 6th Dragoon Guards) 1733 till his death. Receiver Gen. [S.] 1725-29. He was Groom of the Bedchamber to George II 1727-32. Rep. Peer [S.] i 734-40. Gov. of Duncannon Fort 1735 t'^^ ^'^ death; Brigadier Gen. 1735, ^^^ Major Gen. in the Army, 1739. Having been appointed Commander in Chief of the forces sent to attack the King ot Spain in his American dominions, he set sail in Oct. 1740, but d. on the voyage. He w., istly, 29 Mar. 1718, at St. Mary Magdalen's, Old Fish Str., London, Marion, only child of Sir John ShaWjC") or ScHAW, Bart. [S.], of Greenock, co. Renfrew, by Margaret, da. of Sir Hew Dalrymple, ist Bart. [S. 1698], of North Berwick. She, who was b. 7 Dec. 1700, d. at Edinburgh 21 Mar. 1733, in her 33rd year, having had 10 children. He »;., 2ndly, 1739, Elizabeth, widow of James Fleet, of Tewin, Herts (who d. 29 Apr. 1733), and before that of Capt. Sabine, 2nd da. of Thomas Malyn, of Battersea, Surrey. Yie d. as afsd., after 13 days' illness, of a bloody flux, 20 Dec. 1740, aged 54, and was bur. on the beach of Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica. M.I. Will pr. 1 74 1. His widow m., 4thly, 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 I764.('=) She d. 3 Aug. 1789, in her 98th year, at Tewin afsd., and was i5'«r. there. M.I-C^) Will pr. 1789. if) 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 Apr. 1752, by the death of John, the 3rd Bart, (grandson of the grantee). (■=) A passage in a letter from E. Young (author of Night Thoughts) to the Duchess of Portland, dated 28 Oct. 1746, which begins "Lady C at 59 is smitten with the gay feathers of 33 " bears out this story — as does another letter from the same to the same, dated 3 Feb. 1747, where Lady Cathcart and Macguire are mentioned nominatim. See Hist. MSS. Com., Lord Bath's MSS., vol. i, pp. 297 and 304. V.G. C^) This commemorates but two (the ist 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 14
