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    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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  • institution was named after the town, which in turn had been named after Jeffery, Lord Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of British forces of North America during the...
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  • Baron Amherst may refer to: Baron Amherst of Holmesdale in the County of Kent (Peerage of Great Britain) — created in 1776 for Jeffery Amherst and extinct...
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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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    Jeffery Amherst, British forces numbering around 18,000 men converged on Montreal starting in July from three separate directions. One under Amherst moved...
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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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    seat is also named Amherst. Amherst County was created in 1761 out of Albemarle County, and it was named in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, the so-called "Conqueror...
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    The name Amherst was established in 1853 by Adam Uline, after General Jeffery Amherst of Revolutionary fame and the fact he was native of Amherst, Nova Scotia...
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    military force of more than 11,000 men under the command of General Sir Jeffery Amherst moved artillery to high ground overlooking the fort, which was defended...
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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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  • Jeffery (1845–1910), British-born entrepreneur and inventor in the United States Tony Jeffery (born 1964), American football player Jeffery Amherst,...
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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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    important figures like Lord Barrington, the future Secretary at War, and Jeffery Amherst, a man roughly his age who rose to great heights in the French and...
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    furs destined for Europe. Abercrombie was recalled and replaced by Jeffery Amherst, victor at Louisbourg. The French had generally poor results in 1758...
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    advance of a large (more than 10,000 man) British army under General Jeffery Amherst. The British constructed the much larger Fort Crown Point next to the...
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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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    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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    actions of British military commanders, especially those of General Jeffery Amherst, for the remainder of the war. The French and Indian War, an extension...
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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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    lasting infamy in an exchange of letters with his commanding officer, Jeffery Amherst, who suggested a form of biological warfare in the use of blankets...
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  • Louis-Joseph de Montcalm Theyanoguin ("King Hendrick") Mary Jemison Guyasuta Jeffery Amherst Pontiac France portal North America portal History portal "A Country...
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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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    uncertain. In July, 1758, a British expedition led by Major-General Jeffery Amherst successfully captured the Fortress Port of Louisbourg in the French...
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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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    Elizabeth A. (2000). "Warfare in Eighteenth-Century North America: Beyond Jeffery Amherst". The Journal of American History. 86 (4): 1552–1580. doi:10.2307/2567577...
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    François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, and Major-General Jeffery Amherst on behalf of the French and British crowns. They were signed on 8 September...
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    after General Jeffery Amherst, who served as Commander-in-Chief, North America during the French and Indian War. Wentworth chartered Amherst as part of a...
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    assigned the task of capturing the fortress to Major General Jeffery Amherst. Amherst's brigadiers were Charles Lawrence, James Wolfe and Edward Whitmore...
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