Clan Cathcart

Cathcart Clan Crest

Cathcart

Crest: A dexter hand couped above the wrist and erect, Proper, grasping a crescent, Argent
Motto: I Hope To Speed
Origin of Name: Placename, Renfrewshire
Historic Seat: Cathcart Castle, Glasgow
Clan Chief: The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Cathcart

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Cathcart Tartan

Paisley District

Paisley District tartan (There is no registered tartan for this clan)

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Remains of Cathcart Castle

Cathcart History

The River Cart runs through Renfrewshire and Glasgow’s South side. The name Cathcart is derived from this.

The first records of the clan appear in 1178 when Rainaldus de Kethcart was witness to a charter by Walter Fitzalan to the Church of Kethcart for the monastery of Paisley in 1178. His son, William de Kethcart, was witness to another charter around 1200.

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Cathcart Lands

Cathcart Map – from Gill Humphrys’ Clan Map of Scotland

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