Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 227 years ago |
Date of birth | January 29,1717 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Sevenoaks |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | August 3,1797 |
Died | Sevenoaks |
United Kingdom | |
Years of service | 1735–1795 |
Previous office | Governor General of the Province of Quebec (1760–1763) |
Battles and wars | War of the Austrian Succession |
Previous position | Governor General of the Province of Quebec |
Children | Maj.-Gen. Jeffrey Amherst |
Parents | Jeffrey Amherst |
Elizabeth Kerrill | |
Siblings | William Amherst |
Nationality | British |
Nephew | William Pitt Amherst |
Great grandparent | Maximilian Dalison, of Halling, Kent |
Grandparents | Jeffery Amherst |
Thomas Kerrill | |
Elizabeth Yates | |
Mary Dalison | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 502258 |
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Life story
Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB 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.