Charles Allan Cathcart

[1] In 1787[1] he was "invested with full powers by His Majesty and the East India Company to open a commercial intercourse with the Emperor of China,"[2] dying en route.

[1] On 2 and 19 July 1784 he spoke in the House in the East India debates,[1] wherein he "praised Hastings's [sic] ability and integrity, and, concentrating on military organization, urged a clear definition of the status of commanders-in-chief in relation to the civil administration.

[1] After Cathcart had left for India, Dundas selected him for his "manners and good understanding" to negotiate a commercial treaty with the Emperor of China.

[5] He was "invested with full powers by his Majesty and the East India Company to open a commercial intercourse with the Emperor of China.

"[6] Before his companions returned to England, they built him a monument comprising a painted panel with Latin inscriptions, which was designed by Julius Caesar Ibbetson.

The monument was built to commemorate Cathcart as "ordered by the Honorable Sir Stamfort Raffles Lieutenant Governor of Java."

The tombstone of Colonel Charles Cathcart, ambassador to China, who died on his ship and was buried at a Dutch outpost in the Sunda Strait now part of Indonesia. [ 6 ]