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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

1717 - 1797

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Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, (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. Under his command, British forces captured the cities of Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal, as well as several major fortresses. He was also the first British governor general in the territories that eventually became Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst is the 1,335th most popular military personnel (down from 954th in 2019), the 2,580th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,635th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 1,335 out of 2,058. Before him are Jānis Balodis, Lodewijk van Heiden, Lucius Flavius Silva, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Rolf Carls, and Quintus Fufius Calenus. After him are François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Godfrid, Duke of Frisia, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Otto Ciliax, George Browne, and Edward Vernon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 17. Before him are Marie Anne de Mailly, David Garrick, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Ebrahim Afshar, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg. After him are João de Loureiro, Alexander Sumarokov, Molla Panah Vagif, Ventura Rodríguez, and Elizabeth Carter. Among people deceased in 1797, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 20. Before him are Joseph Wright of Derby, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Pasquale Anfossi, Wang Zhenyi, Asaf-ud-Daula, and Olaudah Equiano. After him are Ivan Shuvalov, Francesco Sabatini, John Wilkes, Molla Panah Vagif, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Pietro Verri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 2,581 out of 8,785. Before him are Francis Pym (1922), Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Mick Fleetwood (1947), Jonathan Wild (1683), and Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891). After him are Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), Edwin Arnold (1832), Leslie Johnson (1912), Anne-Marie (1991), Walter Legge (1906), and Blaze Bayley (1963).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 62. Before him are Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Fastolf (1380), Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), John Burgoyne (1722), and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886). After him are Edward Vernon (1684), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), John Paul Jones (1747), Henry Tandey (1891), Patrick Gordon (1635), and George Rooke (1650).

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