Charles Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart


Charles Alan Andrew Cathcart, the 7th Earl Cathcart, styled Lord Greenock until 1999, is a Scottish peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords and Chief of the Name and Arms of Clan Cathcart.
Lord Cathcart was educated at Eton, was a member of the Scots Guards, and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He succeeded to the title Earl Cathcart upon the death of his father, Alan Cathcart, 6th Earl Cathcart, in 1999. In 2007 he was elected as one of the 92 remaining hereditary peers, replacing Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray.

Personal life

In 1981 he married Vivien Clare Skinner; she is an interior decorator under the name Vivien Greenock.
They have two children:
In April 2019, he opposed an extension to the Article 50 process, stating that every English and Welsh region outside the M25 would be happy to leave the EU without a deal if no agreement has been reached by the end of next week."