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Samuel Finney
Charles Schaw, 9th Baron Cathcart, facing left in scarlet coat with gold-bordered velvet collar, white cravat, hair en queue, holding a folio under his left arm
turned wood frame
oval, 1¼in. (31mm.) high
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Lot Essay

Charles Schaw, 9th Baron Cathcart, a representative Peer for Scotland (1752-1756). He was Ambassador to the Court of Russia for a considerable time. Born in 1721 and married in 1753 to Jane, daughter of Lord Archibald Hamilton and grand daughter of 4th Duke of Hamilton and had issue.

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