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 AMHERST COMPLETE PEERAGE 123 On 19 Dec. 1826 he was cr. VISCOUNT HOLMESDALE, in Kent, and EARL AMHERST OF ARRACAN in the East Indies. (") He tn., istly, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., 24 July 1800, Sarah, Dowager Countess OF Plymouth (widow of the 5th Earl), ist da. and coh. of Andrew (Archer) 2nd Baron Archer of Umberslade, by Sarah, da. of James West. She, who was b. 19 and bap. 27 July 1762, at St. George's afsd., d. at 66 Grosvenor Str., 27 May, and was bur. 5 June 1838, at Riverhead in Sevenoaks, Kent. He m., 2ndly, 25 May 1839, at Knole, Kent, Mary (also) Dowager Countess of Plymouth (being widow of the 6th Earl), ist da. of John Frederick (Sackville), 3rd Duke of Dorset, by Arabella Diana, da. of Sir Charles Cope, Bart. He d. at Knole House, 13, and was bur. 21 Mar. 1857, in the church of Sevenoaks. Will dat. 17 Jan. 1845, ^o 19 Feb. 1852, pr. 11 May 1857. His widow, who was b. 30 July 1792, and bap. at St. Geo., Han. Sq., and who had become, in Feb. 1 8 1 5, coh. of her br. the 4th Duke of Dorset, (inheriting the family estate of Knole, Kent), d. s.p., 20 July 1 864, at Bournemouth, in her 73rd year. Will dat. 2 i Apr. i860, to 3 May 1864, pr. 12 Apr. 1865, EARLDOM. IL BARONY IIL V1857. 2 and 3. William Pitt (Amherst), Earl Amherst of Arracan, i^c, 2nd, C") but ist surv. s. and h., b. 3 Sep. 1805, in Lower Gros- venor Str., Midx., and bap. at Montreal, in Seven- oaks. ^/y/^i^ Viscount Holmesdale 1826-57. Ed. at Westm. school, and at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; 2nd class classics 1827 ; B.A., 1828. He was M.P. for East Grinstead, 1829-32. He m., 12 July 1834, at Sion House, in Isle- worth, Midx., Gertrude, 6th da. of the Hon. and Right Rev. Hugh Percy, Bishop of Carlisle, (br. of George, 5th Duke of Northumberland), by his 1st wife, Mary, da. of Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury. He d. 26 Mar. 1886, at Montreal afsd., aged 80, and was bur. at Riverhead. Will dat. 28 Aug. 1862, to 29 Oct. 1877, pr. 23 July 1886, over ^109,000 personalty. His widow, who was b. 30 Aug. 18 14, d. 27 Apr. 1890, at 32 Rutland Gate, aged 75, and was bur. at Riverhead. Will dat. 13 Jan. 1890, pr. 27 Oct. 1890. EARLDOM III. 1886. 3 and 4. William Archer (Amherst), Earl Amherst OF Arracan [1826], Viscount Holmesdale [1826] and Baron Amherst of Montreal [1788], ist s. and h. ; b. RARONY " Lower Brook Str., 26 Mar., and bap. 3 May 1836, at St. Geo., Han. Sq. ; ed. at Eton ; Capt. in the Coldstream IV. 1880. Guards, 1855-62, and served in the Crimean war, being present at Balaklava, Inkerman (where he was severely wounded), and the siege of Sebastopol; styled Viscount Holmesdale, 1857- 86; M.P. for West Kent, 1859-68 ; for Mid Kent, 1868-80. Was sum. to (*) See note () on previous page. (") His elder br., JeflFrey, h. at Montreal, Sevenoaks, 29 Aug. and bap. there 16 Oct. 1802, d. 2 Aug. 1826, aged 23, at Barrackpore, unm. and v.p. V.G.