Charles Allan Cathcart

Charles Allan Cathcart
The Honorable
Born28 December 1759
Died10 June 1788(1788-06-10) (aged 28)
Straits of Bangka off Sumatra
Buried16 June 1788
Anjer-Lor, West Java, Indonesia
Noble familyClan Cathcart
FatherCharles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart
MotherJane, the daughter of Lord Archibald Hamilton
OccupationPolitician, military officer

Charles Allan Cathcart (28 December 1759 – 10 June 1788) was a British noble and politician. From 1784 to 1788, he served as a member of parliament for Clackmannanshire. In 1787 he was "invested with full powers by His Majesty and the East India Company to open a commercial intercourse with the Emperor of China," dying en route.

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