CATHCART 109 Elizabeth Mary, ist da. and coh. of Sir Samuel Crompton, Bart, (so cr. 1838), by Isabella Sophia, da. of the Rev. the Hon. Archibald Hamilton Cathcart, yr. br. of the ist Earl Cathcart. She, who was b. in 1831, brought him considerable estates in co. York. She d'. at 31 Grosvenor Place, 13, and was bur. 17 Apr. 1902, at Thornton le Street. Will pr. above £11,000. He d. at 31 Grosvenor Place, 30 Oct., and was bur. 4 Nov. 1905, at Thornton le Street afsd., aged nearly 77. Will pr. over
- ^ 3 1,000, in addition to considerable real estate entailed.
[Alan Cathcart, ^/y/i?^ Lord Greenock, ists. and h. ap., i^. 16 Mar. 1856, at Thornton le Street, co. York; ed. at Eton; sometime Lieut. Carabineers and subsequently (1879-81) in the Scots Guards. He d. unm., from haemorrhage of the lungs, 2 Sep. 191 1, in a London nursing home, aged ^^. Having sue. to the peerage after 22 Jan. 1901, he is, as such, outside the scope of this work.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 4,1 14 acres in the N. and W. Ridings of co. York; 1,352 acres in co. Stafford, and 88 in co. Renfrew. Total, 5,554 acres, worth ^{^8,629 a year. Principal Residences. — Thornton le Street, near Thirsk, co. York, and Cathcart House, co. Renfrew. CATHERINGTON See "Hood of Catherington," Barony [L] (Hood), a. 1782; and Barony [G.B.], cr. ()S- CATHERLOUGH (County and town of) As to the early holders of the honour of Carlow or Catherlough, one of the divisions made in 1245 of the great palatine honour of Leinster, see vol. xi. Appendix B. William, Viscount Berkeley {cr. Earl of Nottingham 1483, and Mar- quess of Berkeley 1488/9) appears to have assumed the title of Viscount Catherlough, although he inherited only a moiety of that lordship in 1 48 I. See vol. ii, p. 134, note "b."(^) See " Meath," Earldom [I.] {Brabazon), cr. 1 627, as to King's Letters, 8 Feb. 1626/7, for creating Baron Brabazon of Ardee [I.] Earl of Car- low [L], which were superseded by others 10 Mar. following, creating him Earl of Meath [L]. See " Ogle of Catherlough," Viscountcy [L] {Ogle), cr. 1645; extinct 1670. (*) For some remarks on the assumption of Irish Viscountcies, see vol. i, Appen- dix A.
