William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (Q142609)

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British diplomat (1773-1857)
  • William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
  • William P. Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
  • William Pitt Amherst
  • William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
  • Viscount Holmesdale
  • Lord Amherst
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    William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
    British diplomat (1773-1857)
    • William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
    • William P. Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
    • William Pitt Amherst
    • William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    • Viscount Holmesdale
    • Lord Amherst

    Statements

    instance of
    human
    3 references
    National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
    mp00097
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    object stated in reference as
    William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823. In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal. A successful expedition led by Sir Archibald Campbell secured the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
    retrieved
    5 March 2019
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    stated in
    datos.bne.es
    retrieved
    17 February 2024
    National Library of Spain ID
    XX5428456
    sex or gender
    male
    2 references
    National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
    mp00097
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    object stated in reference as
    William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823. In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal. A successful expedition led by Sir Archibald Campbell secured the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
    retrieved
    5 March 2019
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    name in native language
    William Pitt Amherst (British English)
    0 references
    given name
    William
    series ordinal
    1
    2 references
    National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
    mp00097
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    object stated in reference as
    William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823. In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal. A successful expedition led by Sir Archibald Campbell secured the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
    retrieved
    5 March 2019
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    family name
    Amherst
    2 references
    National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
    mp00097
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    object stated in reference as
    William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823. In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal. A successful expedition led by Sir Archibald Campbell secured the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
    retrieved
    5 March 2019
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    noble title
    Earl Amherst
    start time
    19 December 1826Gregorian
    series ordinal
    1
    end time
    13 March 1857Gregorian
    end cause
    death
    2 references
    National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
    mp00097
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    object stated in reference as
    William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823. In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal. A successful expedition led by Sir Archibald Campbell secured the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
    retrieved
    5 March 2019
    Beamish peerage database peerage ID
    147
    Viscount Holmesdale
    start time
    19 December 1826Gregorian
    series ordinal
    1
    end time
    13 March 1857Gregorian
    end cause
    death
    1 reference
    Beamish peerage database peerage ID
    3035
    date of birth
    14 January 1773Gregorian
    sourcing circumstances
    unspecified calendar, assumed Gregorian
    5 references
    stated in
    ЭСБЕ / Амгерст, Джеффери
    stated in
    SNAC
    SNAC ARK ID
    w64b39nw
    subject named as
    William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
    retrieved
    9 October 2017
    stated in
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
    biography/William-Pitt-Amherst-1st-Earl-Amherst
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst
    retrieved
    9 October 2017
    stated in
    The Peerage
    The Peerage person ID
    p2803.htm#i28023
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    retrieved
    9 October 2017
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    place of birth
    Bath
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    date of death
    13 March 1857Gregorian
    sourcing circumstances
    unspecified calendar, assumed Gregorian
    6 references
    stated in
    ЭСБЕ / Амгерст, Джеффери
    stated in
    SNAC
    SNAC ARK ID
    w64b39nw
    subject named as
    William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
    retrieved
    9 October 2017
    stated in
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
    biography/William-Pitt-Amherst-1st-Earl-Amherst
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst
    retrieved
    9 October 2017
    National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
    mp00097
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    object stated in reference as
    William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823. In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal. A successful expedition led by Sir Archibald Campbell secured the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
    retrieved
    5 March 2019
    stated in
    The Peerage
    The Peerage person ID
    p2803.htm#i28023
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    retrieved
    9 October 2017
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    place of death
    Knole House
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    father
    William Amherst
    2 references
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    stated in
    Kindred Britain
    position held
    Governor-General of India
    replaces
    John Adam
    replaced by
    Butterworth Bayley
    start time
    1 August 1823Gregorian
    end time
    13 March 1828Gregorian
    1 reference
    National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
    mp00097
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    object stated in reference as
    William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823. In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal. A successful expedition led by Sir Archibald Campbell secured the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
    retrieved
    5 March 2019
    member of the House of Lords
    end time
    unknown value
    0 references
    educated at
    Christ Church
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    Westminster School
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma295.html
    title
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection MA.00295 (English)
    publisher
    Amherst College
    subject named as
    William Pitt and Sarah Archer Amherst Family Collection, 1808-1830
    retrieved
    6 March 2019
    residence
    Montreal Park
    point in time
    1828
    sourcing circumstances
    circa
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://cpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.ucl.ac.uk/dist/1/251/files/2014/03/Montreal-Park-PDF-version-final-19.08.14.pdf
    object stated in reference as
    In 1828, Amherst returned home to Britain with his wife and daughter, his son having died in India. Soon after returning to England, theAmherst family began rebuilding their country house, Montreal Park in Riverhead, Kent.
    retrieved
    8 March 2019
    Commons gallery
    William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
    0 references
    Commons category
    William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
    0 references

    Identifiers

    FAST ID
    190228
    0 references
    British Museum person or institution ID
    92652
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    0 references
    LBT person ID
    LdAmher1
    0 references
    National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
    mp00097
    1 reference
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    object stated in reference as
    William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823. In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal. A successful expedition led by Sir Archibald Campbell secured the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826. Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
    retrieved
    5 March 2019
    SNAC ARK ID
    w64b39nw
    0 references
    Webb-site person ID
    54751
    0 references
    Kindred Britain ID
    I11496
    0 references
    The Peerage person ID
    p2803.htm#i28023
    subject named as
    William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
    1 reference
    retrieved
    7 August 2020
    WikiTree person ID
    Amherst-8
    subject named as
    William Pitt 1st Earl Amherst Amherst (14 Jan 1773 - 13 Mar 1857)
    0 references
     
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