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    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst GCH PC (14 January 1773 – 13 March 1857) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General...
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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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  • William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst (3 September 1805 – 26 March 1886), styled Viscount Holmesdale between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer. Amherst...
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    cricket. Josceline Amherst was born in Westminster in London on 7 June 1846, the fifth son of William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst. He was educated at...
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    Amherst Island is located in Lake Ontario, 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Amherst Island, being wholly in Lake Ontario, is upstream...
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    Baronet; Hon. Jeffrey Amherst (1802–1826); William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst (1805–1886); Hon. Frederick Campbell Amherst (1807–1829). "Monday Morning...
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  • William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (August 17, 1928 – October 31, 2017) was an English-American businessman. He was the owner of the Biltmore Estate through...
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    included: William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan, GCH, PC, a future Governor-General of India Elizabeth Frances Amherst Amherst was commissioned...
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    Amherst Street is a north–south street in Central Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The street was named after William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst...
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    Elizabeth Frances Amherst Hale (1774 – 18 June 1826) was a Canadian artist living in Lower Canada (later Quebec). The daughter of William Amherst and Elizabeth...
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  • The University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni number is around 243,628 worldwide, as 2014. William Monahan, for adapted screenplay, The Departed Buffy...
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    first Earl of Exeter. Also, Lord William Cecil, third son of the third Marquess, married Mary, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney. Their grandson William succeeded...
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    illustrator. She was born on 9 July 1801 to Sarah Amherst and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst. She travelled with her parents to India and while there completed...
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    son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (1825–1895) and Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham (died 1909), daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford...
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  • Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (1925–2020) William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (1928–2017) Emily Almira Vanderbilt (1823–1896) William Knapp Thorn (1851–1911) Caroline...
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    Kyaikkhami (redirect from Amherst, Burma)
    officers for their southern-Burma control. It was renamed Amherst after William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, then governor-general of India who successfully seized...
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  • Created Earl Amherst in 1826. Created Earl of Auckland in 1839. Created Viscount Hardinge in 1846. Created Marquess of Dalhousie 1849. Created Earl Canning...
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  • family dairy) or the Estate. Leaving the estate for his younger brother William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, George chose to take ownership of Biltmore Farms...
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  • 2nd Baron Boston 1820–1823 & 1829–1830: William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst 1820–1829: Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington 1820–1830: James Murray,...
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    Although Amherst County voters failed to re-elect William H. Cabell after that term, he would serve multiple separate terms as one of Amherst County's...
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  • He married in 1842 Lady Sarah Elizabeth Pitt Amherst, the daughter of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst. One of their children was Margaret Maria, later...
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    W. E. B. Du Bois Library (category University of Massachusetts Amherst buildings)
    Library is one of the three libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, the others being the Science and Engineering Library...
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    represented the Netherlands and VOC to greet Qianlong Emperor William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest Halliday Macartney...
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    baseball team was fielded in 1877. The team plays its home games at Earl Lorden Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Minutemen are coached by Matt Reynolds. Doug...
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    and sent Amherst a message outlining his reasons. Although there was no immediate censure from either Amherst or the government, Amherst was incensed...
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    Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth (1751-1799) and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773-1857). In 1890 her descendant William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836-1910)...
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    Sarah Amherst was the first wife of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, who was Governor-General of India from 1823 to 1828. Born William Pitt Amherst, he...
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    September 2020. 1792–1794: George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney 1815-1817: William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst The United Kingdom recognized Communist China...
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    London School of Economics, Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and J.D. degree from Boston College Law School. He was admitted to the...
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    Act 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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