colonial administrator
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst.
British Army officer (1717–1797)
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About Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. He is credited as one of the architects of Great Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France from France during the Seven Years' War. He was also the first British governor general in the territories that eventually came to be known as Canada.
Everything about Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst →- Occupation
- colonial administrator, military personnel, Generalfeldmarschall
- Position held
- colonial governor of Virginia, Governor General of Canada, governor, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom
- Born
- January 29, 1717, 1717
- Died
- August 3, 1797, 1797