Earl Amherst

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Earl Amherst was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created on 19 December 1826, along with the title Viscount Holmesdale, for the then Governor-General of India William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst.

His uncle, Sir Jeffrey Amherst, had been created Baron Amherst of Holmesdale on 20 May 1776 with a normal remainder, and thus this became extinct upon his death. However, on 6 September 1788 Lord Amherst was created Baron Amherst of Montreal with a special remainder to his nephew. All the titles became extinct on the death of the 5th Earl on 4 March 1993.

[edit] Barons Amherst of Holmesdale (1776)

• Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797) (extinct)

[edit] Barons Amherst of Montreal (1788)

• Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797)
• William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst of Montreal (1773–1857) (created Earl Amherst in 1826)

[edit] Earls Amherst (1826)

• William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773–1857)
• William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst (1805–1886)
• William Archer Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836–1910)
• Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl Amherst (1856–1927)
• Jeffrey John Archer Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst (1896–1993)