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 122 COMPLETE PEERAGE amherst He was cr., 20 May 1776, BARON AMHERST OF HOLMESDALE, Kent.('') Major Gen. 1759; Lieut. Gen. 1765; Gen. 1778 ; Commander in chief 1778-82, and 1793-95. Col. 2nd Life Guards, and Gold Stick, 1788. Having no children to inherit his Peerage, he was, on 6 Sep. 1788, cr. BARON AMHERST OF MONTREAL, (") Kent, with a spec. rem. failing the heirs male of his body, to his nephew, William Pitt Amherst. In 1795 he refused an Earldom. Field Marshal, 30 July 1796. He »?., istly, 20 May 1753, at Gray's Inn Chapel, Midx., Jane, only surv. da. of Thomas Dalison, of Manton, co. Lincoln, and of Hamptons, Kent, by Jane, da. of Capt. Richard Etherington. She was b. 14 Feb. 1722, and d. s.p., 7 Jan. 1765, at Tonbridge, aged 41, and was bur. at Plaxtole, Kent. He w., 2ndly, 26 Mar. 1767, at her father's house in Clifford Str., St. James's, Westm., Elizabeth, ist da. and coh. of Lieut. Gen. the Hon. George Cary (br. of Lucius Charles, 6th Viscount Falkland [S.]), by Isabella, da. of Arthur Ingram, of Barraby, co. York. He d. s.p., (") at his seat of Montreal, in the parish of Riverhead afsd., 3, and was bur. 10 Aug. 1797, (") at Sevenoaks, when the Barony of Amherst of Holmesdale {cr. IJ76) became extinct. Will pr. Aug. 1797. His widow d. 22 May 1830, in Hill Str., aged 90, and was also bur. at Sevenoaks. Will pr. July 1830. BARONY. 2 and i. William Pitt (Amherst), Baron Amherst „ OF Montreal, nephew and h., sue. to the peerage under ■ ^797- j-i^g ^pgi-^ rem., being s. and h. of William A., Lieut. FARinniVT Governor of Newfoundland (br. of the ist Lord), by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Paterson. He was b. 14 Jan. I. 1826. 1773, at Bath, Somerset. Ed. at Ch. Ch., Oxford; B.A., 1793 ; M.A., 1797. Envoy to the Court of Naples, 1 809-11 ; P.C. 30 Dec. 1815; Lord of the Bedchamber 1804-13, 1815-23, and 1829-35 ; Ambassador to China, 20 Jan. 1816, where, however, he was refused admission ; subsequently Governor Gen. of Bengal, 1822-28. In 1835 he was tiom. by Peel, when leaving office. Governor of Canada, but this was cancelled by the incoming Ministry. On 24 Feb. 1824, he was compelled by the pretensions of the King of Burmah to declare war ; the result being the annexation (among other places) of Arracan, whence he afterwards took the title of his Earldom. G.C.H. (Civil) 1834. (') Earl Amherst bears the arms of his ancestors of the old Kentish house of Amherst, which are Gules with three jousting spears gold, the heads silver, {ex inform. Oswald Barron.) V.G. C*) For remarks on this and similar titles chosen to commemorate foreign achievements, see vol. iii, Appendix E. V.G. C') He was an honourable and popular, if not a great man, who " proved him- self worthy of high command by his quiet self control and skilful combinations." By the conquest of Canada he conferred a lasting service on his country, but his later official career calls for no encomium. V.G. C) According to the " Black Book, " a pension of ^^3000 a year was granted in 1 803 (sic) to Jeffrty {iic Lord Amherst and his heirs for ever.