Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

British Army officer

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1717

Place of Birth: Riverhead, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1797

Profession: military personnel, colonial administrator

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, (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 the architect of Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years' War.
Under his command, British forces captured the cities of Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal, as well as several major fortresses.
He was also the first British Governor General in the territories that eventually became Canada.
Numerous places and streets are named for him, in both Canada and the United States. Amherst's legacy is controversial due to his expressed desire to exterminate the race of indigenous people during Pontiac's War, and his advocacy of biological warfare in the form of gifting blankets infected with smallpox as a weapon, notably including at the Siege of Fort Pitt.
This has led to a reconsideration of his legacy.
In 2019, the City of Montreal removed his name from a street in the city, renaming it Rue Atateken, from the Kanien'kéha Mohawk language.
The town of Amherst, Nova Scotia is also considering renaming in light of recent movements by liberals to reconsider the naming of "towns, streets and monuments that celebrate past war heroes whom, seen through today's ethical lens are not people who behaved in ways that we respect today," as is the town of Amherstburg, Ontario.



Alternative names	Sir Joshua Reynolds
Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	16 July 1723	23 February 1792
Location of birth/death	Plympton	London
Work location	London, Plympton, Italy
Authority control	: Q194402 VIAF: 27081216 ISNI: 0000 0001 0881 5237 ULAN: 500004539 LCCN: n84168483 NLA: 35449606 WorldCat