politician
Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart.
British Army general and governor in Canada (1783-1859)
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About Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart
General Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart,, styled Lord Greenock between 1814 and 1843, was a British Army general who became Governor General of the Province of Canada. He was a keen amateur geologist, with enough recognition to warrant being made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Everything about Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, geologist
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, Governor General of the Province of Canada
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 21, 1783
- Died
- July 16, 1859