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 192 CATHCATtf. Copt. 3rd Reg. of Foot Guards, June 1745, Col. and Adjutant Gen. to the Forces in North Britain, 1750; becoming, finally, Lieut-Gen, in 1760. Ho was from Nov. 174S to Oct. 1749 one of the Hostages to France for the performing of the definite treaty. Rep. Peer [S.] 1752-76. High Commissioner to the Gen. Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1755-0;!, and 1773-76 ; Gov. of Dunbarton Castle 1 701-04 ; K.T. 13 April 1763. First Lord of Police 1764-68. P.C., 1708, having been on (21 l''eb. of that year) appointed AUBASSABOB To THK CODBT Or RUSSIA, at St. Petersburg) where he remained till 1771. Lord of the Bedchamber, 1776. He m. 24 July 1753, Jean, da. of Lord Archibald HAMILTON, Gov. of Greenwich Hospital (7th s. of Anne, sua jure Dochess ov Hamilton [S.]), by his second wife Jane, da. of James (Hamilton), 6th Eakl of Abehcohn [S.]. She, who was 4. in London l'J Aug. 1726, d. at St. Petersburgh 13 Nov. 1771, and was bur. in Audley chapel, St. Geo. Han. sq. He </. at his house, Grosvenor place. Midx. 14 Aug. 1776 in his 50th year. Will pr. 1776. X. 1776 10 ami 1. William Schaw Catiicart, Lord Catiraut [S.], s. and h., b. at Petersham, Surrey, 17 Sep., and bap. 15 Oct. 1755 ; Viscountcy ed. at Eton, 1766-71 ; studied law at Dresden and Glasgow, entered T ■■ Line. Inn, Nov. 1775, and was admitted as an Advocate at Edin- i. IbU/ burgh, Feb. 1770. Entered the Army (7th Dragoons) on his Father's death, in. 1777, aud served with the 10th and 17th Light Dragoons Earldom m America ; Major 9Sth Regt, 1774 ; and, shortly afterwards, I 1814 Quarter-Master-Gen. to the Forces in America, till 17S0 when he returned home ; Lieut. -Col. Coldstream Guards, 1781, which he exchanged, in 1789, for that of the 29th Regt. ; of which in 1702, he became Colonel. He was Col. in the Army, 1790 ; Major-Gen., 1794 ; Lieut.-Gen., 1S01 ; and General, 1812. He distinguished himself at the battle of liuren, S Jany. 1795, and was in command of the troops that finally left. Germany in Dec. of that year. Vice-Admiral of Scotland, 1795 ; Col. 2d Reg. of Life Guards (Cold Stick), Arg. 1797; P.C., 1798; P.C. [I. 1, 1803. Com. -in-Chief of the forces in Ireland, 1803-05 ; of the forces in Scotland, 1806-14 and of the Army against Denmark, June to Oct. 1807, where he effected the easy capture (7 Sep. 1807) of Copenhagen, lu 1805, he had been made Lord Lieut, of co. Clackmannan, and K.T., being invested at Windsor, 23 Nov. 1805. He had also been a Rep. Peek [S.] since 20 Jany. 1788 (being Chairman of the Committees of the House, 1790-94), till his elevation to the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 9 Nov. 1807, on which day he was cr. BARON GREENOCK of Greenock co. Renfrew and VISCOUNT CATHCART of Cathcart in the same co., and a sum, estimated at £300,000 of prize money, was divided between him and Admiral (afterwards Lord) Gambier. On 28 Jany. 180S he received the thanks of the House of Lords for his services in Denmark. Ambassador to the CouiiT ov Russia from July 1812 to 1821, being one of the Commissioners who invested the Emperor with the Order of the Garter, on 27 Sep. 1813.( a ) He was also ( a ) This was the first of the Special Garter Missions of the 19th century. In these missions the splendid formality, attending the investiture, has enhanced the value of that " most noble " Order, above all others, in the estimation of the European Sovereigns. In this instance the Emperor was elected, by a spec, statute, as a supernumerary Knight, which formed a precedent for subsequent Bimilar nominations of Foreign Potentates, who previously had been elected only when a vacancy occurred. The following list is believed to comprise all the Foreign Sovereigns and Potentates who have, formally, by special mission, been invested abroad and to shew the date (which is of course subsequent to the date of nomination) and place of investiture. The names of the Commissioners appointed for such investiture are placed within squaro brackets. 1493, May 19. Suissa. Alphonso, Duke of Calabbia, afterwards Alphonso II, King of Naples. 1523, Dec. 6. Nuremberg. Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, Emperor of Germany. 1534/5, Feb. 21. Edinburgh. James V, King of Scotland. 1551, June 20 Chateau Brienne. Henry II, King of Fkancb. 1554, Nov. 6. Auxy (in the Camp). Emanuel-Philibert, Duke of Savoy. 1567/8, Jany. 4. Vienna. Maximilian II, Emperor of Germany. 1585/6, Feb. 18. Paris. Henry III, King of Fuanok and Poland.