caption branch commands death_date death_place birth_place awards battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
the first earl cathcart 23px british army ireland 16 june 1843 -lrb- aged 87 -rrb- glasgow , scotland petersham , london knight of the order of the thistle american revolutionary war 17 september 1755 cath general 1stearlcathcart.jpg william cathcart , 1st earl cathcart
 the earl cathcart
william cathcart , 1st earl cathcart

general william schaw cathcart , 1st earl cathcart kt , pc , pc -lrb- ire -rrb- -lrb- 17 september 1755 -- 16 june 1843 -rrb- , scottish soldier and diplomatist , was born at petersham , and educated at eton .
