Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces...
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of the United Kingdom. Lord Amherst had succeeded his uncle Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, as second Baron Amherst in 1797. The latter was a distinguished...
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the colonial governor assigned the town the name "Amherst" after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst. Many a colonial governor at the time scattered his...
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itself in honor of French and Indian War hero Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst. Major-General Amherst had been the hero of the Battle of Ticonderoga...
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in 1797. Baron Amherst, of Montreal in the County of Kent (Peerage of Great Britain) — created in 1788 for Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst and extinct...
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Jeffery John Archer Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst MC (13 December 1896 – 4 March 1993), styled Viscount Holmesdale between 1910 and 1927, was a British pilot...
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Amherst (/ˈæmɜːrst/ AM-urst) is a town in northwestern Nova Scotia, Canada, located at the northeast end of the Cumberland Basin, an arm of the Bay of...
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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797), Crown Governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768 William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773–1857), Governor-General...
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July 1792, the Island was formally renamed to Amherst Island, in honour of Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, who was commander-in-chief of British forces...
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Jeffrey Amherst and Elizabeth Kerrill, of Riverhead, Kent, and his older brothers included Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and Lieutenant-General...
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Amherst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Baron Amherst (disambiguation), in particular: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797)...
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player Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, officer in the British Army Jeffery Deaver, American mystery/crime novelist Jeffery Demps, American track and...
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Amherst (/ˈæmhərst/ ) is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of Buffalo. As of 2020, the town had a total population of 129...
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founder of Radcliffe College Elizabeth, Lady Amherst (née Cary), wife of Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Elizabeth Carey (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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membership required.) Heathcote 1999, p. 25 Heathcote 1999, p. 94 "Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford...
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(Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst) actions against indigenous people in the 18th century. The school's athletic teams became known as the "Amherst Mammoths"...
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Saglaarjuk (redirect from Amherst Island (Nunavut))
of Baffin Island. The island was, at one time, named for Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, a British Army officer who was command forces that captured...
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forced to surrender Montreal on 8 September 1760 to Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Amherst. One of several scapegoats for France's losses in the New World, Vaudreuil...
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Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan (absorbed 4th Troop of Horse Guards in 1746) 1776: Gen. Lord Robert Bertie 1782: F.M. Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Archive...
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Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732) 1797 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of...
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Amherstburg (redirect from Amherst Pointe, Ontario)
was incorporated as a town in 1878. The town is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, commander of the British forces and first British Governor...
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the Forces remained vacant until 1778 when it was given to Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst who held it until the end of the war. However, his role in...
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youngest non-royal officer to earn the rank of field marshal. Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda was the oldest, promoted at the age of 91, while a further...
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II of England Acton, for Acton, London. Amherst, for the Kent-born general Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1779). Cambridge, for Cambridge University...
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132–305 Brumwell, pp. 18–23 Brumwell, pp. 24–32 Stacey, C.P. (1979). "Amherst, Jeffrey". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography...
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2nd Earl of Shelburne Commander-in-Chief of the Forces: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Henry Seymour Conway United States Commander-in-chief: George...
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1623 (21 Jas. 1. c. 27) Quassia wood William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Dorset Roads Act 1760 (1 Geo. 3. c. 24) Dorset...
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stayed were to become British subjects. Soon, British General Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, established a military government, which was to last until...
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School History[dead link] Sutherland, Stuart (June 21, 2019). "Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 26, 2021. Hamilton...
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Craufurd 1764–1768 Maj-Gen. Ralph Burton 1768–1779 F.M. Sir Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB 1779–1782 Lt-Gen. William Style 3rd (the East Kent) Regiment...
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