SIR GEORGE CATHCART (1794-1854)
, English soldier, third son of the 1st Earl Cathcart, was born in London on the 12th of May 1794
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He was educated at Eton and Edinburgh University
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In 1810 he entered the army, and two years later accompanied his father to Russia as aide-de- camp
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With him he joined the Russian headquarters in March 1813; and he was present at all the great battles of that year in Germany, and of the following year in France, and also at the taking of Paris
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The fruits of his careful observation and critical study of these operations appeared in the Commentaries on the war in Russia and Germany 1812-1813, a plain soldier-like history, which he published in 185o
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After the peace of 1814 he accompanied his father to the congress of Vienna
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He was present at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo, as an aide-de-camp to the duke of Wellington, and remained on the staff till the army of occupation quitted France
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2 Cf
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Duchesne, Origines, ed
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1898, p
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177
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Reappointed almost immediately, he accompanied the duke to the congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle and Verona, and in 1826 to Prussia
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Promoted lieutenant- colonel in 1826, he was placed on half-pay in 1834
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He was recalled to active service in 1838, and sent as commander of the See also: - KING
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's Dragoon Guards to Canada, where he played an important part in suppressing the rebellion and pacifying the country
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In 1844 he returned to England, and two years later was appointed deputy-lieutenant of the Tower, a post which he held up to the See also: - TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
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of his promotion to major- general in 1851
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In March 1852 he succeeded Sir Harry See also: - SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
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- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
as governor and commander-in- chief at the Cape, and brought the Kaffir war, then in progress, to a successful conclusion
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He promulgated the first constitution of Cape Colony, and conducted operations against the Basuto
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Cathcart was made a K.C.B. and received the thanks of both Houses for his services (1853)
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In December 1853 he was made adjutant-general of the army, but never entered upon his duties, being sent out to the Crimean War as soon as he arrived in England
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He was even given a dormant commission entitling him to the chief command in case of accident to Lord Raglan, and the highest hopes were fixed on him as a scientific and experienced soldier
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But these hopes were not to be fulfilled; for he fell at the battle of Inkerman ( November 5, 1854)
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His remains, with those of other officers, were buried on Cathcart's See also: - HILL
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- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
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- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
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Sir George Cathcart married in 1824 Lady Georgiana Greville, who survived him, and by whom he had a family
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See Colburn's United Service Magazine, January 1855; Correspondence of the Hon
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Sir George Cathcart relative to Kaffraria (1856) ; A
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W
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Kinglake's Invasion of the Crimea, vol. v
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