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	Ambassador Extraordinary To China - William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
		William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst and 2nd Baron Amherst (1773 - 1857), was Governor-General of India.
		He was the nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal, and succeeded to his title in 1797 by the remainder provided when the patent of nobility was renewed in 1788.
		To this Lord Amherst, following the advice of Sir George Leonard Staunton, who accompanied him as second commissioner, refused to consent, as George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney had done in 1793, unless the admission was made that his sovereign was entitled to the same show of reverence from a mandarin of his rank.
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	William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst and 2nd Baron Amherst (1773 - 1857), was Governor-General of India.
		He was the nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 by the remainder provided when the patent of nobility was renewed in 1788.
		To this Lord Amherst, following the advice of Sir George Leonard Staunton, who accompanied him as second commissioner, refused to consent, as Lord Macartney had done in 1793, unless the admission was made that his sovereign was entitled to the same show of reverence from a mandarin of his rank.
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	Earl Amherst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Jeffrey Amherst was created Baron Amherst in 1776, with a normal remainder, and then Baron Amherst in 1788 with a special remainder to a nephew.
		The 2nd Baron was created Earl Amherst and Viscount Holmesdale in 1826.
		William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst of Montreal (1773-1857) (became Earl Amherst in 1826)
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	William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He 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.
		On arriving in the Peiho he was given to understand that he could only be admitted to the emperor Jiaqing's presence on condition of performing the kow-tow, a ceremony which Western nations considered degrading, and which was, indeed, a homage exacted by a Chinese sovereign from his tributaries.
		To this Lord Amherst, following the advice of Sir, who accompanied him as second commissioner, refused to consent, as Lord Macartney had done in 1793, unless the admission was made that his sovereign was entitled to the same show of reverence from a mandarin of his rank.
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	Overstock Auctions WILLIAM PITT AMHERST 1773-1857 Autograph- RARE! INVEST! Item 41750790
		William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst GCH (January 14, 1773 - March 13, 1857), was Governor-General of India.
		He was the nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 by the remainder provided when the letters patent was renewed in 1788.
		To this Lord Amherst, following the advice of Sir George Thomas Staunton, who accompanied him as second commissioner, refused to consent, as Lord Macartney had done in 1793, unless the admission was made that his sovereign was entitled to the same show of reverence from a mandarin of his rank.
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	CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT - Online Information article about CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT
		Pitt's spirit was too lofty to admit of his entering on any merely factious opposition to the government he had quitted.
		Pitt had not been long out of office when he was solicited to return to it, and the solicitations were more than once renewed.
		July 1766 Rockingham was dismissed, and Pitt was entrusted by the king with the task of forming a government entirely on his own conditions.
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	William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst - China-related Topics U-X - China-Related Topics
		He was the nephew of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of MontrealJeffrey, Baron Amherst, and succeeded to his title in 1797 by the remainder provided when the patent of nobility was renewed in 1788.
		To this Lord Amherst, following the advice of Sir George Leonard Staunton, who accompanied him as second commissioner, refused to consent, as George Macartney, 1st Earl MacartneyLord Macartney had done in 1793, unless the admission was made that his sovereign was entitled to the same show of reverence from a mandarin of his rank.
		before=Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of HastingsThe Marquess of Hastings
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	Governor-General of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		While the Governor-General was originally bound by the decision of a majority of the Council, he gained the power to overrule the counsellors in 1786.
		Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin (1884–1888)
		Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1947–1948)
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		William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst of Montreal
		William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst and 2nd Baron Amherst of Montreal (1773 - 1857), was Governor-General of India.
		On arriving in the Peiho he was given to understand that he could only be admitted to the emperor Jiaqing 's presence on condition of performing the kow-tow, a ceremony which Western nations considered degrading, and which was, indeed, a homage exacted by a Chinese sovereign from his tributaries.
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		She married, secondly, Sir William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan, son of William Amherst and Elizabeth Paterson, on 24 July 1800 St.
		Sarah Archer was styled as Countess Amherst of Arracan on 19 December 1826.
		She married, secondly, Sir William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan, son of William Amherst and Elizabeth Paterson, on 25 May 1839 in Knole, Kent, England.
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	Governor General Of India - William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
		Lord Amherst held the office of governor-general of India from August 1823 to February 1828.
		The principal event of his government was the first Burmese war of 1824, resulting in the cession of Arakan and Tenasserim to United Kingdom.
		He was created Earl Amherst of Arakan in 1826.
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	CONK! Encyclopedia: 1773 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		February 9 - William Henry Harrison, American military leader and 9th President of the United States (d.
		William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, British ambassador to China and Governor-General of India (d.
		March 24 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (b.
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	William Pitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		William Pitt was the name of two prominent British politicians.
		William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ; Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766 - 1768 ; often known as William Pitt the Elder
		William Pitt the Younger ; his son; Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783 - 1801) and (1804 - 1806)
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	1773
		February 9 - William Henry Harrison, American military leader and 9th President of the United States (d.
		William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, British ambassador to China and Governor-General of India (d.
		March 24 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (b.
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	The Morrison Collection : Robert Morrison : Biography
		On 1st June Morrison is forced to return to Macao because of ill health.
		Lord Amherst (William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan, 1773-1857) is dispatched on an embassy to China in the hopes of opening up trade between Britain and China.
		Lord Napier (William John, ninth Lord Napier and twelfth Laird of Merchiston, 1786-1843) is dispatched to China as Superintendent for Trade with China, with the intention of seeking a trading agreement with the Cantonese authorities, and to break the monopoly of the East India Company.
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	William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl ...
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		William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), Statesman; Governor-General of India.
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	ipedia.com: Governor-General of India Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma remained Governor-General of India for some time after independence, but the two nations were otherwise headed by native Governors-General.
		Of those that were not, Sir John Shore was a baronet, Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence were knights, and The Lord William Bentinck was entitled to the courtesy title "Lord" because he was the son of a Duke.
		Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who is reputed to have said that "India should be governed from a palace, not from a country house," constructed a grand mansion, known as Government House, between 1799 and 1803.
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	Category:Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Articles in category "Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom"
		Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
		Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham
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	William Pierce - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation William Pierce
		William Pierce - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation William Pierce.
		*William Pierce (politician) (1740-1789), a Continental Congressman from Georgia.
		*William Luther Pierce (1933-2002), a white nationalist associated with the American Nazi Party and founder of the National Alliance.
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	William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), Statesman; Governor-General of India
		William Pitt Amherst was appointed Governor-General of India in 1823.
		In 1824 he declared war on the King of Burma who was threatening to invade Bengal.
		Amherst was made an earl for his handling of the situation but was forced by ill health to return to England in 1828.
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	Christ Church, Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
		Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons, 1st Viscount and 1st Earl Lyons
		Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
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	Newsletter of the Friends of Amherst College Library, Volume 29, Care and Preserve 2003
		These plates are used regularly for Amherst College courses.
		Placing each plate in a protective enclosure means that students and other patrons can continue to use the image without endangering it.
		Amherst College > Library > Friends > Newsletter V. > Care and Preserve 2003
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	George Thomas Staunton - China-related Topics E-H - China-Related Topics
		Born near Salisbury, EnglandSalisbury, he was the son of Sir George Leonard Staunton (1737-1801), first baronet, diplomatist and Orientalist, and in 1792 accompanied his father, who had been appointed secretary to George Macartney, 1st Earl MacartneyLord Macartney's mission to China, to the Far East (1792-1794).
		He acquired a good knowledge of Chinese language, and in 1798 was appointed a writer in the British East India Company's factory at Canton (Guangzhou), and subsequently its chief.
		In 1816 he proceeded as second commissioner on a special mission to Beijing with William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl AmherstLord Amherst and Sir Henry Ellis.
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	Biographies
		Pitt the elder, William, 1st earl of Chatham (1708-78)
		Rupert, Prince, count palatine of the Rhine, duke of Bavaria, duke of Cumberland, earl of Holderness (1619-1682)
		Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st earl of Orford (1676-1745)
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		The principal event of his government was the first Burmese war of 1824, resulting in the cession of Arakan and Tenasserim to Great Britain.
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	India
		Earl of Listowel (to 4 Jan 1948 for Burma)
		Apr 1803 - Apr 1804 William Fullerton Elphinstone (b.
		17 Jul 1809 - 13 Nov 1809 Dudley Ryder, Earl of Harrowby (b.
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