Amherst, Jeffrey, (1717-1797), Baron Amherst of Holmesdale, Field Marshal

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Alternative name(s):	Holmesdale (Also known as)
Surname:	Amherst
Forenames:	Jeffrey
Gender:	Male
Date:	1717-1797
Title:	Baron Amherst of Holmesdale
History:	Army officer: ensign, 1st Foot Guards 1731; aide de camp to General Ligonier and present at Dettingen, Fontenoy, Rocoux and Lauffeldt. Colonel of 15th Foot 1756; captured Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island 1758. Commander-in-chief British forces in North America, and conquest of Canada 1758-1763. Lieutenant general 1765; field marshal 1796. Governor of Virginia, 1763, Governor of Guernsey, 1770. Commander in Chief at home, 1778-1782 and 1793-1795. Created 1st Baron Amherst in 1776.
Biography:	ODNB link for Amherst, Jeffrey (1717-1797) 1st Baron Amherst, Field Marshal
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275573 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P126756 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Jeffrey Amherst

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1712-1786: War Office: Baron Jeffrey Amherst, Commander in Chief: Papers	The National Archives, Kew	WO 34
2	16 October 1747: Cumberland to Chesterfield: Sandwich has written to him that the site of the congress...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/23/185
3	1749-86: military corresp and papers	The National Archives	WO 34	See HMC Papers of British cabinet ministers 1782-1900, 1982
4	1741-95: corresp and papers	Kent History and Library Centre	U1350	NRA 15261
5	1758-64: corresp and papers (8 vols)	University of Michigan: William L Clements Library	Jeffrey Amherst Papers	See Guide 1978 p4
6	1759-62: accounts	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division		See NUC MS 78-1681
7	1741-1820: papers (microfilm)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP288
8	1759-82: corresp and papers, incl photocopies and microfilms	Amherst College Library	Amherst Collection	See NUC MS 61-2622
9	corresp with James Abercromby	Huntington Library		See Guide 1982
10	c1755-73: corresp with John Bradstreet	American Antiquarian Society		NRA 24570 American Antiquarian
11	1793-93: corresp with John Dowdeswell	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.7199
12	1763-75: corresp with Thomas Gage	University of Michigan: William L Clements Library	Thomas Gage papers	NRA 10567
13	1758-90: corresp with Frederick Haldimand, Sir R Burton, Gen Rainsford etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 21657-737 passim
14	1776-94: letters to Earls of Hardwicke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35613-65 passim
15	1755-60: letters (12) to Charles Lawrence	Legislative Library of Nova Scotia		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories 1975
16	1758-63: letters to General Monckton	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Ga 9201-Ga21	NRA 6741
17	1793-94: letters to William Pitt	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/S5/O1/4	NRA 25095
18	letters (23) to William Pitt	The National Archives	PRO30/8
19	corresp with Sir George Pocock	Huntington Library		See Guide 1982
20	1773-81: letters to Lord Sandwich	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	MS 91/018	NRA 5472 Montagu