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26 de ene. de 2016 · Lord Jeffrey 1 Amherst was commanding general of British forces in North America during the final battles of the so-called French & Indian war (1754-1763). He won victories against the French to acquire Canada for England and helped make England the world's chief colonizer at the conclusion of the Seven Years War among the colonial powers (1756-1763).
Jeffery Amherst was born on January 29, 1717, on his family's country estate at Sevenoaks in Kent County, England. (Some sources spell his first name "Jeffrey.") He was the second son born to Jeffery and Elizabeth (Kerril) Amherst.
22 de dic. de 2021 · Jeffery Amherst was born January 29, 1717, the second of four sons and third of five children of Jeffery Amherst and Elizabeth Kerril Amherst, of Riverhead, Sevenoaks Parish, Kent County, England. In 1735 he entered the army as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards. He rose rapidly through the service as an aide-de-camp to General John Ligonier during the War of the Austrian Succession ...
Amherst, Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron (1717–97). Amherst, a career soldier, was the son of a lawyer from Kent and advanced under the patronage of the Dorset family. He entered the army at an early age and was lieutenant-colonel by 28. Source for information on Amherst, Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron: The Oxford Companion to British History dictionary.
Jeffery Amherst was the son of another Jeffery Amherst, a prosperous barrister whose family had lived in Kent for centuries, and Elizabeth Kerrill. At the age of 12 young Jeffery became a page in the household of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, at Knole, his great house adjacent to Sevenoaks.
Jeffrey Amherst, I barone Amherst. Jeffery Amherst, I barone Amherst ( Sevenoaks, 29 gennaio 1717 – Sevenoaks, 3 agosto 1797 ), è stato un generale britannico . Amherst è noto in particolare come il vero architetto del successo della campagna britannica per la conquista dei territori della Nuova Francia durante la Guerra dei sette anni.
Jeffery Amherst, 1.º Barão Amherst KCB (por vezes escrito Geoffrey ou Jeffrey, ele mesmo escrevia seu nome como Jeffery) ( Sevenoaks, Kent, 29 de janeiro de 1717 — Sevenoaks, 3 de agosto de 1797) serviu como oficial do Exército Britânico e como Comandante-em-Chefe das Forças . Amherst é mais conhecido como um dos vencedores da Guerra ...
