William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst

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William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828.

Lord Amherst in the uniform of the St James's [Westminster] Loyal Volunteer Regiment. Arthur William Devis, 1803.

Lord Amherst wearing the parliamentary robes of a baron. Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, 1821.

William Amherst (British Army officer)

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Lieutenant General William Amherst 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.

Lieutenant General William Amherst