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Amherst (surname)
Amherst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Baron Amherst (other), in particular: ** Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797), British army officer ** William Amherst (British Army officer) (1732–1781), younger brother of the above * Baron Amherst of Hackney, created 1892 for: **William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney *** Alicia Amherst (1865–1941), gardening historian and daughter of the above * Earl Amherst: ** William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of India from August 1823 to February 1828 ** William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst *** Josceline Amherst, Australian politician and fifth son of the 2nd earl ** William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst ** Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl Amherst ** Jeffery Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst Jeffery John Archer Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst Military Cross, MC (13 December 1896 – 4 March 1993), styled Viscount Holmesdale between 1910 and 1927, was a British pilot and airline director. Amherst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Amherst (other)
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 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 in 1993. * Baron Amherst of Hackney (Peerage of the United Kingdom) — created in 1892 for William Tyssen-Amherst; extant. See also * Earl Amherst Earl Amherst (), of Arracan in the East Indies, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 December 1826, for William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, the Governor-General of India. He was made Viscount Holmesdale, in t ... * Amherst (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Amherst Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1776 Noble titles created in 1788 Peerages created with special remainders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army. Amherst is credited as the architect of Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years' War. Under his command, British forces captured the cities of Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal, as well as several major fortresses. He was also the first British Governor General in the territories that eventually became Canada. Numerous places and streets are named for him, in both Canada and the United States. Amherst's legacy is controversial due to his expressed desire to exterminate the race of indigenous people during Pontiac's War, and his alleged gifting of blankets infected with smallpox as a weapon, notably at the Siege of Fort Pitt. This has led to a reconsideration of his legacy. In 2019, the city of Montreal removed his name from a street, renaming it Rue At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Amherst (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General William Amherst (5 February 1732 – 13 May 1781) was a British military commander. In 1762 during the Seven Years' War he led British forces that defeated a French expedition which had occurred earlier that year in St. John's, Newfoundland at the Battle of Signal Hill. Early life William Amherst was born, in Sevenoaks, Kent, into a family of lawyers. He was the son of Jeffery Amherst and Elizabeth Kerril and the brother of Field Marshal Jeffery 1st Lord Amherst and Admiral John Amherst. He later married Elizabeth Amherst (Patterson). Their children included: * William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan, GCH, PC, a future Governor-General of India * Elizabeth Frances Amherst Seven Years' War Amherst was commissioned as an ensign in the First Regiment of Foot Guards in 1755. He eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant general in 1779. As a lieutenant colonel, Amherst was instrumental in the re-capture of St. John's from the French in 176 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Amherst Of Hackney
Baron Amherst of Hackney (), in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 August 1892 for the former Conservative Member of Parliament William Tyssen-Amherst, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his eldest daughter Mary and her issue male. Tyssen-Amherst had previously represented West Norfolk and South West Norfolk in the House of Commons. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his daughter Mary. She was the wife of Colonel Lord William Cecil, third son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter. the title is held by their great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2009. As a male-line descendant of the third Marquess of Exeter he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles the earldom of Exeter and barony of Burghley. Rear Admiral Sir Nigel Cecil was the son of Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil, fourth son of the second Baroness and Lord William Cecil. The champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Of Hackney
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, (25 April 1835 – 16 January 1909) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and collector of books and works of art. Background and education Born William Amhurst Daniel-Tyssen, he was the eldest son of William George Daniel-Tyssen, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1843, who was the son of William George Daniel, of Foley House, near Maidstone, Kent, High Sheriff of Kent in 1825, and his wife Amelia Amherst, the daughter of Captain John Amherst and Mary Tyssen, heiress of Foulden Hall, Norfolk. Amherst's mother was Mary, daughter of Andrew Fountaine, of Narford Hall, Norfolk. In 1852, he and his father assumed by Royal licence the surname of Tyssen-Amhurst. However, in 1877 he again changed it, to Tyssen-Amherst, also by Royal licence. Tyssen-Amherst was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Political career In 1880, he was elected to Parliament for West Norfolk, a seat he held until 1885, and then represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Amherst
Alicia Margaret Tyssen Amherst, Baroness Rockley (30 July 1865 – 14 September 1941) was an English horticulturist, botanist, and author of the first scholarly account of English gardening history. Family and personal life Alicia Amherst was born in 1865 in Poole, Dorset, one of seven daughters of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, who was later the Conservative Member of Parliament for West Norfolk. Her mother, Margaret Susan Mitford, was an avid gardener and gave Amherst her own plot to care for at the age of ten. Her interest in history was spurred by access to her father's large library. In 1898, she married Evelyn Cecil and gained the second of the names under which she would publish, Mrs Evelyn Cecil. They had three children. Evelyn Cecil, a Conservative Member of Parliament, was knighted and, in 1934, raised to the peerage as Baron Rockley, so she became Lady Rockley of Lytchett Heath and then the dowager Baroness Rockley, two more names under wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Amherst
Earl Amherst (), of Arracan in the East Indies, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 December 1826, for William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, the Governor-General of India. He was made Viscount Holmesdale, in the County of Kent, at the same time, also in the Peerage 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 military commander best known as one of the victors of the French and Indian War. In 1776, he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Amherst, of Holmesdale in the County of Kent, with normal remainder to heirs male of his body. In 1788, he was created Baron Amherst, of Montreal in the County of Kent, also in the Peerage of Great Britain, with special remainder to his nephew William Pitt Amherst and the heirs male of his body. The 1776 barony became extinct on his death in 1797, while he was succeeded in the 1778 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, GCH, PC (14 January 177313 March 1857) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828. Background and education Born at Bath, Somerset, Amherst was the son of William Amherst and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Paterson. He was the grand-nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 according to a special remainder in the letters patent. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Ambassador extraordinary to China In 1816 he was sent as ambassador extraordinary to the court of China's Qing dynasty, with a view of establishing more satisfactory commercial relations between China and Great Britain. On arriving at Pei Ho (Baihe, today's Haihe), he was given to understand that he could only be admitted to the Jiaqing Emperor's presence on condition of performing the kowtow. To this, Amherst, following the advice of Sir Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst
William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst (3 September 1805 – 26 March 1886), styled Viscount Holmesdale between 1826 and 1857, was a British peer. Amherst was born at Lower Grosvenor Street, London, the son of William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, by his first wife Sarah, daughter of Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He became known by the courtesy title Viscount Holmesdale when his father was elevated to an earldom in 1826. In 1829 he was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for East Grinstead, a seat he held until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act. He never returned to the House of Commons. In 1857 he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josceline Amherst
Josceline George Herbert Amherst (7 June 1846 – 1 February 1900) was a member of the first Western Australian Legislative Council under responsible government. He also played first-class cricket. Biography 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 Eton College, matriculation, matriculated to Christ Church, Oxford but did not graduate. He became a barrister of the Inner Temple in 1874. As a cricketer he played his games for Marylebone Cricket Club and the Gentlemen of Kent. His highest score of 7 came when playing for Marylebone Cricket Club in the match against Hampshire County Cricket Club. His best bowling of 2/26 came when playing for the Gentlemen of Kent in the match against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club. From 1881 to 1883, Amherst was private secretary to Sir William Des Vœux, Governor of Fiji. In June 1885, he emigrated to Western Australia, where he to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst
William Archer Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (26 March 1836 – 14 August 1910), styled Viscount Holmesdale from 1857 to 1886, was a British peer, politician and notable Freemason. He was born in Mayfair, London, the son of William Amherst, Viscount Holmesdale (later 2nd Earl Amherst) and was baptised on 3 May 1836 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London. He was educated at Eton and went on to serve with the Coldstream Guards, rising to the rank of captain and fighting in the Battle of Balaclava, the Battle of Inkerman (where he was severely wounded) and the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. On his return from the Crimea, Holmesdale was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kent at the 1859 general election. On 27 August 1862, he married Julia Mann (the only daughter of the James Mann, 5th Earl Cornwallis) in Linton, Kent. In 1868 Holmesdale became MP for the new Mid Kent constituency, which he represented until 1880. He served as chairman of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl Amherst
Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl Amherst (30 January 1856 – 7 March 1927) was a British peer, who succeeded to the earldom and its associated titles upon the death of his brother William in 1910. Amherst joined the Coldstream Guards in 1875, served in the Nile campaigns from 1884–1885 and became a captain in 1887. In 1896 he married Eleanor Clementina St. Aubyn.AMHERST, Hugh Amherst. (2008). In Who Was Who 1897-2007. Retrieved 28 June 2008, from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/7325186 He lived at Montreal Park near Sevenoaks in Kent. In 1911 he was one of the 114 peers who voted against the passing of the Parliament Act 1911 The Parliament Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5 c. 13) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is constitutionally important and partly governs the relationship between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two Houses of Parlia .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amherst, Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl 1856 births 1927 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
