William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Amherst,_1st_Earl_Amherst
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Baronet
gptkb:diplomat
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkb:Westminster_School
gptkbp:birthDate 1773-01-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bath,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Riverhead,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:William_Pitt_Amherst,_Viscount_Holmesdale
gptkbp:deathDate 1857-03-13
gptkbp:deathPlace Knole House, Kent, England
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Bengal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:First_Anglo-Burmese_War
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Elizabeth_Patterson
gptkb:William_Amherst
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Francis_Rawdon-Hastings,_1st_Marquess_of_Hastings
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sarah_Archer
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sir_Charles_Metcalfe,_1st_Baronet
gptkbp:termEnd 1828
gptkbp:termStart 1823
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Earl_Amherst
gptkb:Baron_Amherst_of_Montreal
gptkb:Viscount_Holmesdale
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jeffery_Amherst
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5