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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857 NRA: Amherst, William Pitt (1773-1857) 1st Earl Amherst DNB: Amherst, William Pitt, first Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), diplomatist and governor-general of Bengal LBT ID: LdAmher1 VIAF ID: 57548378 LOC ID: n85185987 | B/BAP: 1773-01-14 DIED: 1857-03-13 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
The nephew and heir of Jeffrey Amherst, first Baron Amherst; educated at Westminster and
Christ Church, Oxford, he was envoy to Peking (1816-17), governor-general of India
(1823-28), created earl of Amherst in 1826. | |
REFERENCES TO William Pitt Amherst, first earl Amherst: John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 17 October 1815 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of
John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1:
¶ 3 John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 11 March 1817 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of
John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1:
¶ 4 John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 14 April 1817 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of
John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1:
¶ 1 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 6 November 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1:
¶ 2 Robert Southey, “Memoir: Westminster School,” 29 August 1824 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1:
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