George Cathcart

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Sir George Cathcart GCB (12 May 1794 – 5 November 1854) was a British general and diplomat. He was born in Renfrewshire, son of William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart. After receiving his education at Eton and Edinburgh, he joined the army in 1810. He saw service in the United States and Flanders; distinguished himself at the bombardment of Copenhagen; and represented England at the court of Russia and during the Congress of Vienna.

In 1852 to 1853, as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, he granted the first constitution to the colony, ended the 8th Cape Frontier War and crushed the Basutos. He was killed during the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War, on 5 November 1854.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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• George Cathcart, Commentaries on the War in Russia and Germany in 1812 and 1818, London: 1850.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Harry Smith	Governor of the Cape Colony 1852–1854	Succeeded by Sir Charles Henry Darling, acting