George Cathcart [SEP] place of birth
, Eastern Cape, South Africa is named for him.
Bibliography.
- George Cathcart, "Commentaries on the War in Russia and Germany in 1812 and 1813", London: 1850.
New York on 25 January 1780, but died soon after her birth. Other children included the army officers Sir George Cathcart and Sir Charles Cathcart, both of whom became generals, the latter inheriting the peerage on his father's death. William's first-born son, William Cathcart, entered the Royal Navy but died of yellow fever in 1804 while in command of his ship HMS "Clorinde". Cathcart took two of his sons with him during his appointment as ambassador to Russia, Captain Frederick Macadam Cathcart served as his