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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, John Hawkesworth, Howard Douglas, James Murray, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, Henry Hamilton, Jack Harrison, Desmond Anderson, William Mabane, 1st Baron Mabane, Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, Norman Bottomley, Emanuel Scrope Howe, John Hamilton Gray, Hurdis Ravenshaw, David Strangeways, Charles John Melliss, Charles Griffiths, Robert Stobo, John Huske, William McMurdo, Phineas Riall, Gerald Boyd, Coleridge Grove, William Fawcett, Edward Westby Donovan, Patrick Sinclair, Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme, Michael Willoughby, 11th Baron Middleton, Charles Swinhoe, John Baptist Lucius Noel, George Montagu, Dan Billany, William St Lucien Chase, Sackville Tufton, Michael Gray, Francis Colborne, Charles Burnett, James Inglis Hamilton, Bruce Hamilton, William Havelock Ramsden, Robert Prescott, Hector Theophilus de Cramahe, Leo Bodkin, Henry Ashington, Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of Cavan. Excerpt: Second Jacobite RisingSeven Years' War Pontiac's Rebellion Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst KCB (sometimes spelled Geoffrey, or Jeffrey, he himself spelled his name as Jeffery) (29 January 1717 - 3 August 1797) served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. Amherst is best known as one of the victors of the French and Indian War, when he conquered Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal. He was also the first British Governor General in the territories that eventually became Canada. Numerous places and streets are named for him, both in Canada and the United States. Jeffery Amherst was born in Sevenoaks, England, on 29 January 1717, into a family of lawyers. His brothers included Admiral John Amherst and Lieutenant General William Amherst. From an early age he received the patronage of the Duke of Dorset. Amherst became a sol...
