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AMHERST, HON. JEFFERY, eldest son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv), and his first wife; b. 29 Aug 1802; adm. 23 Sep 1813; left 1814; re-adm. 15 Sep 1817; left Whitsun 1818; Ensign, Rifle Brigade 4 May 1820; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 24 Oct 1821; Lieut., 59th Foot 21 Nov 1822; Capt., unattached 8 Apr 1826; Military Secretary to father when Governor-Gen. Bengal; d. at Barrackpore, Bengal, India 2 Aug 1826.

Amherst, William John, son of Charles Thomas Amherst, jeweller, and Lizzie Sophia, d. of Thomas Fish; b. 17 June 1902; adm. Sept. 1915 (G); left Dec. 1919; a chartered accountant, ACA 1927, FCA 1938; practised at Minehead, Somerset, 1927-46; m. 1 Sept. 1926 Dorothy Elwyn Elizabeth, d. of John Brown, jeweller; d. June 1993.

AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 1ST EARL AMHERST, only son of Lieut. -Gen. William Amherst MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Paterson, London; b. 14 Jan 1773; adm. 19 Feb 1781; in school lists 1786, Christmas 1788; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1789, commoner, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1789 - 5 Aug 1800 (void, by marriage); BA 1793; MA 1797; Grand Tour (Switzerland, Italy) 1793-6; succ. uncle by special remainder as 2nd Baron Amherst 3 Aug 1797; a Lord of the Bedchamber 27 Apr 1802 - May 1804, Jun 1804- Mar 1812; Envoy to Court of Sicily 1809-11; again a Lord of the Bedchamber 18 Apr 1815- Mar 1823; Privy Councillor 30 Dec 1815; appointed Ambassador to China 20 Jan 1816, but was unable to obtain audience of the Chinese Emperor, and returned to England 1817; appointed Governor-General of Bengal 23 Oct 1822, taking office 1 Aug 1823; declared war against Burma 24 Feb 1824; supported claims of Rajah of Bhurtpore against Doorjan Sal; created Earl Amherst 19 Dec 1826; returned to England 1828; again a Lord of the Bedchamber 20 Nov 1829- May 1835; GCH 1834; nominated Governor of Canada by Sir Robert Peel when leaving office in 1835, but the appointment was cancelled by the new Whig ministry; LLD Cambridge 1835; Busby Trustee 11 May 1819; m. 1st, 24 Jul 1800 Sarah, Countess of Plymouth, widow of Other Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth, and eldest dau. of Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer; m. 2nd, 25 May 1839 Mary, Countess of Plymouth, widow of Other Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth, and eldest dau. of John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset (qv); d. 13 Mar 1857. DNB.

AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 2ND EARL AMHERST, son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv) and his first wife; b. 3 Sep 1805; adm. 1 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student; BA 1828; styled Viscount Holmesdale 1826-57; MP East Grinstead Feb 1829-32; succ. his father as 2nd Earl Amherst 13 Mar 1857; Busby Trustee 18 May 1869; DL JP Kent; m. 12 Jul 1834 Gertrude, sixth dau. of Hon. and Right Rev. Hugh Percy DD, Bishop of Carlisle; d. 26 Mar 1886.

AMIS, EDWARD, brother of Richard Amis (qv); b. 26 Sep 1779; in school lists 1795, 1797; a farmer at Catfield, Norfolk; d. unm. 26 Oct 1852.

AMIS, RICHARD, eldest son of John Amis MD, Acle and Catfield, Norfolk, and Mary, dau. of Rev. Richard Fayerman, Rector of Oby, Norfolk; b. 16 Feb 1778; in school lists 1795, 1797; ordained [check]; d. 25 Aug 1842.

AMORY, ROBERT, son of Thomas Amory, Brunalty, co. Clare, Millbank, Westminster, and Newton Hall, Wakefield, Yorks., author, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Vandeleur, co. Clare; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1741/2; KS 1745; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Mar 1746/7, matr. 1747; MB 1757; practised as a physician in Wakefield, Yorks.; Governor of Wakefield Grammar School 18 Apr 1768 - 4 Feb 1793; m. Anna Maria ---; d. 15 Feb 1805.

AMORY, THOMAS; b. 1692; adm.; d. 1723] [thus Whitmore, but on what authority ? : “see new slip”]