CATHCART (Charles Schaw, 9th Lord Cathcart, 1721-1776, Lieutenant-General, Soldier and Diplomat, Chief of the Clan Cathcart)

Autograph Letter Signed 'Cathcart' to an unnamed correspondent saying that “your letter of the 25th of Nov^r last was sent from London to Doncaster in the expectation that I should receive it upon my Road from Scotland, and been but just retuned to me from that Place which is the reason why I have not taken an earlier opportunity of thanking you for it. Give me leave to do it now, and to request the farther favour of you to send the Box address^t to me in Dover Street, either by Land or Water Carriage as the size of it may render most advisable. If its bulk makes a Water Carriage preferable you will be so good as to address it to the Car of Mr Henry Foot in Durham Yard in the Strand...”, 1 side 4to., Dover Street, 21st January

In February 1768 he was appointed ambassador at St Petersburg and was well received by Catherine the Great. He served at the Russian court until 1772. On his return to Britain he was elected Rector of Glasgow University in 1773.



Item Date:  1768

Stock No:  41767      £375

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