Earl Cathcart

Earl Cathcart
Chief of Clan Cathcart
Arms of the Earl Cathcart

Blazon

Arms: Azure, three Crosses-Crosslet fitchée, issuing from three Crescents Argent. Crest: A dexter Hand couped above the wrist and erect proper, grasping a Crescent Argent. Supporters: On either side a Parrot, wings inverted proper.

Creation date16 July 1814
Created byThe Prince Regent (acting on behalf of his father King George III)
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderWilliam Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart
Present holderCharles Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart
Heir apparentAlan Cathcart, Lord Greenock
Subsidiary titlesViscount Cathcart
Lord Cathcart
Baron Greenock
StatusExtant
MottoI HOPE TO SPEED
A young William Cathcart,
1st Earl Cathcart
The tombstone of Colonel Charles Cathcart, ambassador to China, who died on his ship and was buried at a Dutch outpost in the Sunda Strait.

Earl Cathcart is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.