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Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army. Amherst is credited as the architect of Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years' War .
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (born Jan. 29, 1717, Sevenoaks, Kent, Eng.—died Aug. 3, 1797, Sevenoaks) was an army commander who captured Canada for Great Britain (1758–60) during the French and Indian War (1754–63).
Jan 29, 2008 · Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, British army officer (born 29 January 1717 near Sevenoaks, England; died 3 August 1797 near Sevenoaks). Jeffery Amherst was the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America during the Seven Years' War, which saw France surrender Canada to the British.
AMHERST, JEFFERY, 1st Baron AMHERST, army officer; b. 29 Jan. 1717 (N.S.?) at Riverhead, Sevenoaks, England; d. 3 Aug. 1797 at his house Montreal near Sevenoaks. Jeffery Amherst was the son of another Jeffery Amherst, a prosperous barrister whose family had lived in Kent for centuries, and Elizabeth Kerrill.
Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst KCB (sometimes spelled Geoffrey, or Jeffrey, he himself spelled his name as Jeffery) (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.
J effery Amherst was one of Great Britain 's military heroes during the French and Indian War (1754-63; known in Europe as the Seven Years' War). In 1758, the young officer received a surprise promotion and was sent to North America to command a major military expedition.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1717-1797, first baron Amherst (1776), Field Marshal (1796) Follow @DrJohnRickard. Tweet. British career soldier, he joined the army aged 14 in 1731. In the War of the Austrian Succession, he served on the staff of General Ligonier and then the duke of Cumberland in Germany, and was present at Dettingham and Fontenoy.
