HERA 
2. George-Augbfhis-Frederic, a lieutenant-colonel in the 
army, killed in Portugal, Auguft 17, 1808. 3. Warwick, 
a captain in the royal navy. 4. Anna-Maria, married, 
Auguft 21, 1799, Richard Burrough, of Ham Common, in 
the county of Surrey, efquire, and has ifflre one fon and 
two daughters. 5. Annabella, married. May 35, 1803, 
John Brook's, efq. in the honourable Eaft India Com¬ 
pany’s Jervice. 6. Elizabeth. 7. Frances. 8. Anne. 
His lordfhip died February^O, 1808, when he was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his fon, the prefent and fecond vifcount. 
Creations. —Baron Lake, September 1, 1804; Vif¬ 
count Lake, October 31, 1807. 
Residence. —Alhton-Clinton, in the county of Bucks. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
CATHCART, VISCOUNT CATHCART. 
WILLIAM-SHAW CATHCART, Baron CATH¬ 
CART, in Scotland, Baron Greenock, and Vifcount 
Cathcart, Vice-admiral and Judge of the Admiralty in 
North Britain, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Clack¬ 
mannan, Knight of the molt ancientOrderof the Thiftle, 
a Lieutenant-general in the army, and Colonel of the 
Second Regiment of Life-Guards; married, June 1779, 
Mifs Elliot, daughter of Andrew Elliot, efq. by whom 
he has ilfue, William, heir apparent, born June 30,1782, 
in the.royal navy; Charles-Murray, a captain in the 
39th regiment of foot, born December 21, 1783; Fre¬ 
deric, born October 28, 1789, a lieutenant in the fecond 
regiment of dragoons; Louifa, born June 14, 1791; 
George, born May 12, 1794; Mary-Elizabeth, born 
September 22, 1797; Augulta-Sophia, born November 
1799; and a fon, bornjune 28, 1803. 
This family derives its furname from their lands in 
the county of Renfrew, where the town of Cathcart is 
fituated. Reynald de Kethcart was their great anceftor, 
whole defCendant, fir Allan, wits created baron Cath- 
cart, by James II. in 1447 ; lie was in great favour with 
James III. who appointed him warden of the Weft 
Marches, in 1481; and for his fervices rewarded him 
w ith a grant of the barony of Dundonald, and the lands 
ofTarbott, in King’s Kyle, and appointed him mailer 
of the artillery. From him defcended Allan, the fe- 
venth lord, who married Elizabeth Dalrymple, daugh¬ 
ter of James vifcount Stair, and had ilfue, Allan, who 
was drowned at fea on his pafl’age to Holland ; Charles; 
James; and Margaret, who married fir Adam Whit- 
ford, of Blairquin, baronet. His 1 ordfhip died in 1732, 
and was fucceeded by his fecond fon, Charles, eighth 
lord, who was groom of the bed-chamber to Gebrge II. 
colonel of a regiment of horfe in Ireland, and governor 
of Diuicannon. He was afterwards appointed to all ex¬ 
pedition with admiral Vernon againft the Spaniards in 
the Weft Indies, where he was appointed commander of 
the land-forces, and died at St. Chriftoplier’s in 1740. 
His lordlhip married, firft, Maryett, daughterof fir John 
Shaw, of Greenock, baronet, and had ilfue, Charles, 
killed at the battle of Fontenoy ; and two daughters, 
Eleanor, married to fir John Houfton; Mary-Anne, to 
lord Napier. His lordlhip married, fecondly, in 1739, 
Mrs. Sabine, reiidt of joleph Sabine, efq. of Tring, in 
Hertfordfnire; but being again left a widow, fhe mar¬ 
ried,in 1745, to her fourth hufband, lieutenant-colonel 
Hugh Macguire, who furvived, and the died Auguft 
1789, aged 98. Charles, ninth lord, fucceeded his hi¬ 
ther 1111740; lie married, July 24, 1753, Jane, daughter 
of lord Archibald Hamilton, governor of Jamaica, by 
which lady, who died November 13, 1770, he had iflue, 
William, the prefent vifcount; Charles-Allan, a colonel 
in the army, died in his embafly to China in 1788; Ar¬ 
chibald; George; Jane, married, December 26, 1774, 
Jolin fourth duke of Athol, and died November 1791 ; 
Mary, married to Thomas Graham, efq. and died June 
26, 1792; Louifa, married, firft, May 5, 1776, to David 
Murray, feventh vifcount Stormont; and, fecondly, 
October 19, J797, to the honourable Robert-Fulke 
L D R Y. 
Greville, brother to Gebrge earl of Warwick, and has 
ilfue, Catharine and Charlotte. His lordlhip died July 
21, 1776, and was fucceeded by his fon, William, the 
tenth lord, and firft vifcount. 
Creations; —Baron Cathcart, in 1447; Vifcount; 
November 3, 1807. 
Residen c es.—S haw Park, Clackmannanlhire, in Scot¬ 
land.—Town-houfe, Glouceller place. 
Arm o rial Bearings.— See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — “ I hope to fpeed.” 
ENGLISH BAROlNS. 
A Baron is the next order of nobility immediately 
below a Vifcount; and is obvioufiy a title of great anti¬ 
quity in moll nations of Europe ; having been.firft given 
to thole diftinguilhed perfons who held the government 
of certain provinces, under the feudal tenure, in fee 
from the king : which fee explained at large under the 
article Baron, vol.ii. p.741. 
STAPLETON, BARON LE DESPENCER. 
THOMAS STAPLETON, Baron LE DESPEN¬ 
CER, and a Baronet; born November 10, 1766; fuc- 
ceeded to the baronetage on the death of his father, Ja¬ 
nuary 1, 1781; and to the barony on thedeath of the 
baronefs. May 16, 1788; married Elizabeth Elliot, fe¬ 
cond daughter of Samuel Elliot, efq. of Antigua; and 
has iflue, Thomas, heir apparent, born April 24, 1792 ; 
•Elizabeth-Mary, born March 22, 1793 ; Maria-Frances. 
Catharine, born September 22, 1794; Emma, born Fe¬ 
bruary 27, 17,96; William, born December 2, 1797; 
-Emily, born December 8, 1798; and Miles-John, born 
March 21, 1801. 
The family of Stapleton is in the lift of thofe perfons 
who palled over to Ireland with Richard de Clare earl 
of Pembroke, furnamed Strongbow, in the reign of Hen¬ 
ry II. John Edmund Stapleton, of Thorlefbeg, in the 
county of Tipperary, loft his eftate by adhering to 
Charles I. in the civil wars. William, hi.s- grandfon, 
accompanied Charles II. in his exile; and was foon af¬ 
ter the reftoration appointed captain general of the Lee- 
vyard Ifiands in the Weft Indies. He was by that mo¬ 
narch created a baronet, December 20, 1679, and died 
in Auguft 1686. 
Walliam, fourth baronet, his grandfon, married Ca¬ 
tharine, daughter and heir of William Paul, of Bray- 
wick, in the county of Berks, elquire, and of Catharine, 
daughter of Vere fifth earl of Weftmoreland ; in confe- 
quence of which marriage, the barony of Le Defpencer 
devolved upon the family of. Stapleton. Thomas, fifth 
baronet, his fon, married November 27,, 1765, Mary, 
daughter of Henry, younger brother of Thomas eighth 
qarl of Weftmoreland by which lady he had ilfue, 
1. Thomas, lord Le Defpencer. 2. Maria, born Janu¬ 
ary 1.3., 1768. 3. Catharine, born January 15, 1769. 
. The barony of Le Defpencer was originally beltowed 
upon Hugh Le Defp.encer, the father, by Edward II. 
and afterwards defcended . in the female line to the 
Beauchamps lords Bergavenny, the Neviles lords Aber¬ 
gavenny, and the Fanes earls of Weftmoreland. The 
•late lord Le Defpencer was the fon of Mary, third 
daughter of Vere, fourth earl of Weftmoreland^ who 
married lir Frapcis Dathwood, bart. anddied Auguft 19, 
1710, leaving a fon, Francis, who fucceeded to the ba¬ 
rony, on the death of John, leventh earl of Weftmore¬ 
land, but died, without iliue, December 12, 17S1, when 
Rachael, his. filler, fucceeded, and died-without iffue, 
-May 16,1788, when the barony defcended to the pre¬ 
fent lord, wno is defcended from Catharine, third daugbc 
ter of Vere, fourth earl of Weftmoreland, who married 
William Paul, elq.ol Bray wick, in the county of Berks, 
and died'September 25, 1737, leaving iflue, Catharine, 
vvho married lir William Stapleton, bart. of Oxtord- 
Ihire, and died J une 27, 1753, Having had ilfue; WiilLm, 
who died ijumanied 5. Thomas, the late baronet, born 
February 
