Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart
The Earl Cathcart | |
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Born | (1919-08-22)22 August 1919 |
Died | 15 June 1999(1999-06-15) (aged 79) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1939–1973 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands | British Forces in Berlin (1970–73) Yorkshire District (1969–70) 152nd Infantry Brigade (1965–66) 1st Battalion Scots Guards (1957–59) |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches Knight of the Order of St. John |
Major General Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart, CB, DSO, MC, KStJ (22 August 1919 – 15 June 1999), styled Lord Greenock until 1927, was a British Army officer who served as Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1970 until his retirement in 1973.
Military career
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The only child of George Cathcart, 5th Earl Cathcart and Vera, Countess Cathcart, Alan was educated at Eton College and Magdelene College, Cambridge,[1] Cathcart was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1939.[2] He served in the Second World War and went on to be adjutant at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst after the war.[3] He was made adjutant of the Scots Guards in 1951 and Brigade Major for the 4th Guards Brigade in 1954.[3] He was then appointed commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards in 1957.[3]
Cathcart was posted to Scottish Command in 1962 and became commander of the 152nd Infantry Brigade in 1965.[3] He next transferred to the Operations Division of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in 1967 and was appointed General Officer Commanding Yorkshire District in 1969.[3] Finally he was appointed Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1970: he retired in 1973.[3]
In retirement from the British Army, Cathcart became a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.[3]
Family
In 1946 Cathcart married Rosemary Clare Marie Gabrielle Smyth-Osborne. They had one son and two daughters.[1] Following the death of his first wife, he married Marie Isobel Weldon in 1984.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ "No. 34745". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1939. p. 8088.
- ^ a b c d e f g Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Cathcart
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by | Commandant, British Sector in Berlin 1970–1973 | Succeeded by |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
Preceded by | Earl Cathcart 1927–1999 | Succeeded by |
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- Floyd L. Parks (1945)
- James M. Gavin (1945)
- Ray W. Barker (1945–46)
- Frank A. Keating (1946–47)
- Cornelius E. Ryan (1947)
- William Hesketh (1947)
- Frank L. Howley (1947–49)
- Maxwell D. Taylor (1949–51)
- Lemuel Mathewson (1951–53)
- Thomas S. Timberman (1953–54)
- George B. Honnen (1954–55)
- Charles L. Dasher (1955–57)
- Barksdale Hamlett (1957–59)
- Ralph Osborne (1959–61)
- Albert Watson II (1961–63)
- James H. Polk (1963–64)
- John F. Franklin, Jr. (1964–67)
- Robert G. Fergusson (1967–70)
- George M. Seignious (1970–71)
- William W. Cobb (1971–74)
- Sam S. Walker (1974–75)
- Joseph C. McDonough (1975–78)
- Calvert P. Benedict (1978–81)
- James G. Boatner (1981–84)
- John H. Mitchell (1984–88)
- Raymond E. Haddock (1988–90)
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- Lewis Lyne (1945)
- Eric Nares (1945–47)
- Otway Herbert (1947–49)
- Geoffrey Bourne (1949–51)
- Charles Coleman (1951–54)
- William Oliver (1954–55)
- Robert Cottrell-Hill (1955–56)
- Francis Rome (1956–59)
- Rohan Delacombe (1959–62)
- Claude Dunbar (1962)
- David Peel Yates (1962–66)
- John Nelson (1966–68)
- James Bowes-Lyon (1968–70)
- Lord Cathcart (1970–73)
- David Scott-Barrett (1973–75)
- Roy Redgrave (1975–78)
- Robert Richardson (1978–80)
- David Mostyn (1980–83)
- Bernard Gordon Lennox (1983–85)
- Patrick Brooking (1985–89)
- Robert Corbett (1989–90)
- Geoffroi du Bois de Beauchesne (1945–46)
- Charles Lançon (1946)
- Jean Ganeval [fr] (1946–50)
- Pierre Carolet (1950–52)
- Pierre Manceaux-Démiau (1953–54)
- Amédée J.B. Gèze (1955–58)
- Jean Lacomme (1958–62)
- Edouard K. Toulouse (1962–64)
- François Binoche [fr] (1964–67)
- Bertrand Huchet de Quénétain [fr] (1967–70)
- Maurice Routier (1970–73)
- Camille Metzler (1973–75)
- Jacques Mangin (1975–77)
- Bernard d'Astorg [fr] (1977–80)
- Jean P. Liron (1980–84)
- Olivier Le Taillendier de Gabory (1984–85)
- Paul Cavarrot (1985–87)
- François Cann [fr] (1987–90)
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- ‡ Commandant of the entire city; appointed during the Battle of Berlin
- § Commandant of the entire city until July 1945