The title of Earl Cathcart was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1814 .
The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Cathcart (1807 ) and Baron Greenock (1807 ) in the Peerage of the UK, and Lord Cathcart (1460 ) in the Peerage of Scotland .
Lords Cathcart (1460 )
Alan Cathcart, 1st Lord Cathcart (d.1497 ) John Cathcart, 2nd Lord Cathcart (d.1535 ) Alan Cathcart, 3rd Lord Cathcart (d.1547 ) Alan Cathcart, 4th Lord Cathcart (1537 -1618 ) Alan Cathcart, 5th Lord Cathcart (1600 -1628 ) Alan Cathcart, 6th Lord Cathcart (1628 -1709 ) Alan Cathcart, 7th Lord Cathcart (1648 -1732 ) Charles Cathcart, 8th Lord Cathcart (1686 -1740 ) Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart (1721 -1776 ) William Schaw Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart (1755 -1843 ) (became Viscount Cathcart in 1807 and Earl Cathcart in 1814 )
Earls Cathcart (1814 )
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