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 AMHERST COMPLETE PEERAGE 121 1794-1832. On 16 May 1832, he was cr. BARON AMESBURY of Kintbury-Amesbury, and Barton Court, Berks, (•') and Aston Hall, co. Flint. He m., istly, Anne, da. and h. of Ralph Whitley, of Aston Hall afsd. She d. s.p.m., 29 Nov. 18 12, aged 59, and was bur. at Kintbury, Berks, (*") being descended from the family of Raymond, of that place. M.I. He w., 2ndly, 25 Jan. 1822, his cousin, Margaret, widow of Major Archibald Erskine, of Venlaw, and formerly of Charles Ogilvy, being 3rd da. of the Hon. Charles Barclay, formerly Maitland, by his ist wife, Isabel, da. and h. of Sir Alexander Barclay, of Towie. He d. s.p.m.y (of cholera, about 6 weeks after his creation) 30 June 1832, aged 80, in Pimlico, Midx., when the title became extinct. M.I. at Kintbury. (°) Will pr. Nov. 1832. His widow d. 21 Apr. 1841, at Portobello, near Edinburgh. Will pr. June 1841. AMHERST OF HOLMESDALE, AMHERST OF MONTREAL AND AMHERST OF ARRACAN BARONY. I. Jeffrey Amherst, () 2nd s. o f Jeffrey A., of ^ Riverhead, near Sevenoaks, Kent, (who d. there 2 1 Oct. ■ ' 1750) Bencher of Gray's Inn, by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas ° Kerrill, of Hadlow, Kent, was b. 29 Jan. 1717, andas lyi' a boy was page to the Duke of Dorset ; Ensign in the 1st Reg. Foot Guards 1731 ; Lieut. Col. 1745 ; served under Ligonier at Roucoux, Dettingen and Fontenoy i^c. 1745-47, and under the Duke of Cumberland at LaufFeld and Hastenbeck i^c. 1747-57. He acquired great military fame by the following achievements in North America, where he was Com. -in-chief, 1758-64, wz., the taking of Louisburg, 26 July 1758 ; of Fort du Quesne, 24 Nov. 1758 ; of Niagara, 25 July 1759; of Ticonderoga, 26 July 1759 ; of Crown Point, 4 Aug. 1759 ; of Quebec, 18 Sept. 1759 ; of Fort Levi, 25 Aug. 1760 ; of Isle au Noix, 28 Aug. 1760 ; of Montreal and (with it) all Canada, 8 Sep. 1760 ; and of St. John's, Newfoundland (retaken), 18 Sep. 1762. Governor of Virginia 1759-68. On 23 Mar. 1761, he was nom. FC.B. He sue. to the estate of Riverhead 12 Dec. 1763, on the death, s.p., of his ist br., Sackville A. Governor of Guernsey, 1770-97. Lieut. Gen. of H. M's Ordnance, 1772-82. P.C., 1772. (") sic. Yet Amesbury is in Wilts. Kintbury-Amesbury is a part of Kintbury belonging formerly to the Priory of Amesbury. (*") The only child Janet inherited Barton Court. She m., in i8o8, as his ist wife, James Deans, who took the name of Whitley-Deans-Dundas, and who, after her death, became in 1855 G.C.B.,and in 1861 Admiral of the White. She d. 30 Apr. 1846 (not 7 Dec. 1837), at Nice in her 63rd year, leaving male issue. M.I. at Kint- bury. Her husband d. 3 Oct. 1862, aged 76. C^) Giving his death as on 30 June. V.G. C) " Provident, methodic, conciliating and cool." (Horace Walpole, George II.) V.G. 17