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| | AMHERST - LoveToKnow Article on AMHERST |
 | | AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT AMHERST, EARL (1773-1857), governor-general of India, was the nephew of Jeffrey, Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 'by the remainder provided when the patent of nobility was renewed in 1788. |
 | | In 1758 William Pitt caused Amherst to be made a major-general, and: gave him command of an expedition to attack the French in North America. |
 | | See William Seymour Tyler, A History of Amherst College (New York, 1896), and Carpenter and Morehouse, The History of the Town of Amherst (New York, 1896). |
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