Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart

Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart (1686 — 20 December 1740) was a British Army officer. Before 1732 he was known as The Honourable Charles Cathcart.

He was the second son of Alan Cathcart, 7th Lord Cathcart by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair. His elder brother Alan died at sea in 1699.

Cathcart joined the Army at the age of seventeen, and in 1704 he commanded a company in Colonel Macartney's regiment (later disbanded) serving against the French on the frontiers of Holland. In 1706 he commanded a troop in the Scots Greys, which corps distinguished itself at the decisive Battle of Ramillies in the same year; and in 1707 he was brigade-major to the Earl of Stair. Continuing in active service, Captain Cathcart was at most of the general actions fought by the army commanded by the Duke of Marlborough, acquiring the reputation of a brave and zealous officer. In 1709 he was appointed major of the Scots Greys and shortly afterwards obtained the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment.

In autumn 1715, on the breaking out of the rebellion of the Earl of Mar, Cathcart joined the forces under the Duke of Argyll at Stirling. On the 23 October he detached with a party of dragoons against a body of rebels consisting of one hundred horse and two hundred foot, with whom he came up at five o'clock on the following morning and attacked and defeated them, killing many and capturing seventeen prisoners. He was also at the Battle of Sheriffmuir on 13 November, in the same year, and by a prompt attack on the enemy's flank with the Scots Greys under his command, contributed materially to the overthrow of the left wing of the rebel army. He was rewarded with the colonelcy of the 9th Foot on 15 February 1717, but he only retained the appointment eleven months.

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