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Alan Cathcart, 3rd Earl Cathcart

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Personal details
Born Alan Frederick Cathcart
(1828-11-14)14 November 1828
Died 30 October 1905(1905-10-30) (aged 76)
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Mary Crompton (m. 1850)
Children 11
Parents Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart
Henrietta Mather

Alan Frederick Cathcart, 3rd Earl Cathcart JP DL (1828–1905) was a wealthy landowner and writer on agriculture.[1][2][3][4] Cathcart introduced the term "economic ornithology" at a time when there was a public debate over whether the English sparrow was a pest or a friend of the farmer.[5]

Early life[]

Alan Frederick Cathcart, Vanity Fair, 1888-04-14

"He has devoted his life to husbandry and has nine children" — caricature of the Earl Cathcart by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1888

Cathcart was the second, but eldest surviving, son of Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart and the former Henrietta Mather (second daughter of Thomas Mather). His father was the Commander-in-Chief, Scotland and of North America and served as the Governor-General of Canada.[6]

He was educated in Edinburgh at the Scottish Naval and Military Academy, which was founded in 1825 and closed in 1869.

Career[]

He joined the British Army in Canada as a member of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was an Honorary Colonel of the 1st Volunteer Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, assisted in raising the battalion, and was awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration.[1][6] Upon his marriage he resigned from the army and devoted himself to agriculture and county business in Yorkshire. Cathcart was president of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1872–1873. He owned 5554 acres.[1]

Personal life[]

On 2 April 1850 Cathcart married Elizabeth Mary Crompton (1831–1902), the eldest daughter and heiress of Sir Samuel Crompton, 1st Baronet and the former Isabella Sophia Cathcart (second daughter of the Rev. Hon. Archibald Hamilton Cathcart, third son of Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart). Together, they were the parents of five sons and six daughters, including:[6]

  • Hon. Isabel Cathcart (1851–1856), who died young.[6]
  • Alan Cathcart, 4th Earl Cathcart (1856–1911), who died unmarried.[6]
  • Lady Cecilia Cathcart (1857–1932), who married Capt. Edward Temple Rose, third son of Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet, in 1883.[6]
  • Hon. Charles Cathcart (1858–1880), a Lieutenant who died unmarried.[6]
  • George Cathcart, 5th Earl Cathcart (1862–1927)[6]
  • Lady Ida Cathcart (1866–1929), who married Sir Thomas Hare, 1st Baronet, in 1886.[6]
  • Lady Marion Cathcart (1867–1955)[6]
  • Lady Emily Cathcart (1868–1960)[6]
  • Hon. Reginald Cathcart (1870–1900), a Captain who served in the Second Boer War and was killed at the Relief of Ladysmith in South Africa.[6]
  • Hon. Archibald Cathcart (1873–1955)[6]
  • Lady Eva Cathcart (1874–1960)[6]

In 1894 he was awarded an Hon. LL.D. by the University of Cambridge.[7]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cathcart, 3rd Earl (cr. 1814), Alan Cathcart, J.P., D.L., LL.D. Camb.". 1904. p. 216. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951p01160664e;view=1up;seq=299. 
  2. ↑ Cathcart, Earl. "On the cultivated potato". pp. 266–300. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044089548424;view=1up;seq=310. 
  3. ↑ Cathcart, Earl (1892). "Wild birds in relation to agriculture". pp. 325–338. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044089548358;view=image;start=1;sz=10;page=root;size=100;seq=425;num=325. 
  4. ↑ Holmes, Matthew (2017). "The Sparrow Question: Social and Scientific Accord in Britain, 1850–1900". pp. 645–671. Digital object identifier:10.1007/s10739-016-9455-6. PMID 27785658. 
  5. ↑ Holmes, Matthew (2017). "The Sparrow Question: Social and Scientific Accord in Britain, 1850–1900" (in en). pp. 645–671. Digital object identifier:10.1007/s10739-016-9455-6. ISSN 0022-5010. PMID 27785658. 
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. 1914. pp. 396–397. https://books.google.com/books?id=RVggAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA396. 
  7. ↑ "Cathcart, Earl, Alan Frederick (CTCT894AF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=%22CTCT894AF%22&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50. 

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Cathcart 		Earl Cathcart
1859–1905 		Succeeded by
Alan Cathcart
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