Lord Amherst

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:birthDate 1773-01-01
gptkbp:contribution Expansion_of_British_territories_in_Asia
gptkbp:deathDate 1857-09-02
gptkbp:education gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkb:Westminster_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord Amherst
gptkbp:influence British_colonial_policy_in_India
gptkbp:knownFor British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:militaryRank Major-General
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent First Anglo-Burmese War
Second Anglo-Burmese War
Annexation of Burma
gptkbp:parent gptkb:William_Amherst,_1st_Earl_Amherst
Elizabeth_Amherest
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Bristol,_England
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Governor-General_of_India
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_Hastings
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Colonial_India
gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:British_Raj
gptkb:British_aristocracy
gptkb:British_nobility
Imperialism
Colonial administration
Colonial expansion
Colonial governance
19th-century British politics
Colonial conflicts
History of Burma
19th-century colonialism
British_military_history
British_colonial_history
British_foreign_policy
British_military_campaigns
British_military_leaders
British_colonial_governors
Burmese_history
British_administrative_practices
British_governors-general
Political_history_of_India
Colonial_rule_in_Asia
Anglo-Burmese_relations
Governance_in_colonial_India
Military_history_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Sarah_Amherst
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lord_William_Bentinck
gptkbp:termEnd 1828
gptkbp:termStart 1823
gptkbp:title gptkb:Earl_Amherst
gptkb:Baron_Amherst_of_Hackney