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Jeffery Amherst

Field Marshal The Right Honourable
The Lord Amherst
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Amherst by Joshua Reynolds
Crown Governor of Virginia
In office
1759–1768
Monarch George II
George III
Preceded by John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun
Succeeded by Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
Governor of the Province of Quebec
In office
1760–1763
Monarch George III
Preceded by Post created - replacing the French post of Governor General of New France
Succeeded by James Murray
Personal details
Born (1717-01-29)29 January 1717
Sevenoaks, Kent, Great Britain
Died 3 August 1797(1797-08-03) (aged 80)
Sevenoaks, Kent, Great Britain
Resting place Parish Church at Sevenoaks
Awards Knight of the Order of the Bath
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1735–1795
Rank Field Marshal
Commands 15th Regiment of Foot
North America
62nd (Royal American) Regiment
3rd Regiment of Foot
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards
The Queen's Troop of Horse Guards
2nd Regiment of Life Guards
Battles/wars War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years' War
Pontiac's Rebellion
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars

Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.

Amherst is best known 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.

Born the son of Jeffrey Amherst (d. 1750), a Kentish lawyer, and Elizabeth Amherst (née Kerrill), Jeffery Amherst was born in Sevenoaks, England, on 29 January 1717. His brothers included Admiral John Amherst and Lieutenant General William Amherst. At an early age, he became a page to the Duke of Dorset. Amherst became an ensign in the Grenadier Guards in 1735.

Amherst served in the War of the Austrian Succession becoming an aide to General John Ligonier and participating in the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743 and the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745. Promoted to lieutenant colonel on 25 December 1745, he also saw action at the Battle of Rocoux in October 1746. He then became an aide to the Duke of Cumberland, the commander of the British forces, and saw further action at the Battle of Lauffeld in July 1747.


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