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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
LATELY , at his seat at Montreal , near Seven Oaks , Kent , in his Sistyear , the Right Hon . Jeft ' ery Lord Amherst , of Holmsdale , K . B . privycounsellor to his Majesty , gov . of Guernsey , a field-marshal in the army , ancl colonel of the 2 d regt . of life-guards andofthe 6 oth ( or Royal American )
regiment of foot . He is succeeded in titles and estates by his nephew , William Pitt . Amherst . —His Lordship was born Jan . 29 , 1717 ; received his first commission in the army in 1731 ; was aid-du-camp to Gen . Ligonier in 1741 , and , in that c ! iaracter , was present at the battles of Dettingen , Fontenoy , and
Rocoux . He was afterwards made aiddu-camp to the Duke of Cumberland , and , as such , was at the battles of Laffeldt and Hastenbeck ; and continued with his Royal Highness till 1756 , when he was appointed colonel of the 15 th regiment of foot . In 175 S he received orders to return to England , being appointed for the American service , and sailed from . Portsmouth , on March 16 , as major-general commanding the
troops for the siege of Louisbourg , & c . ; in which , by the extraordinary exertions of Gen . Wolfe , he succeeded . On the 301 I 1 of September in the same year he was appointed commander in chief of . all the forces in America , in the room of Gen . Abercrombie ; and at the same time was appointed
colonel of another regiment ( being the Goth ) as of right . He was also made governor of Virginia ; and was one of the oldest knights of tlie Bath ( the third on the list ) , being one of the first presented with a red ribband by his present Majesty , very soon after he came to the throne , in 1761 . He
continued in the command in America to the latter end of 1763 , when . he returned to England . Sept . 21 , 1768 , he was dismissed from all his employments , in consequence of a personal dispute with the King ; but , by the mere effect of public discussion in the news-papers , he surmounted all difficulties , and , in the November following , was admitted to court , and received with redoubled honours .
The first office conferred on him after his restoration to royal favour happened on the 7 th of the same month , in consequence of the death of Gen . Burton , when Gen . Amherst was appointed colonel of his ( the 3 d ) regt . of foot ; and Gen . Gage , on Gen . Amherst ' s coining home , was appointed
commander in chief in America , and , as such , colonel of the 60 th regiment , which he held during Gen . Amherst's suspension . Gen . Gage , however , although he was suffered to hold his command in America , was superseded in his command of the 60 th regiment of foot , to make way for Amherst's h the
re-appointment ; althoug holding this regiment was before considered as a matter of right , attached to ihe American command . In addition to these appointments , was conferred on Amherst that of first officer of-the staff ; which gave him authority over all the armies on the British establishment . In 1771 he was made governorof Guernsey ; and , the year after , was appointed lieutenant-general of the
ordnance , which he held till the appointment of Gen . Kowe to that office : but , in lieu of this , upon tlie death of Lord ¦ Hnrri- 'glon . Geii . Amherst ivas appointed colonel of the ' 2 d troop of grenadier-guards ; and , on the death of Lord Cadogan , to the 2 d troop of horseguardsandwhen that was
re-; , corps duced , to the 2 d regiment , of horseguards . In 1776 he was created Baron Amherst , of Holmesdale , in the county of Kent . In 177 S he had lhe command of the army in England ; in 1779 was made colonel of the second tr \ op of horse grenadier-guard :. ; in 1782
received the gold stick from the King , when , on the change of the Administration , the command of the army , and the lieutenant-generalship of the ordnance , - were put into other hands . In I 787 „ he recei-. ee ! another patent of peerage , as Baron Amherst , of Montreal , with remainder to his nephew ,
William Pitt Amherst . These accumulations of royal favour appear to have arisen from the taking of Montreal ( which was easily reduced afie . i
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
LATELY , at his seat at Montreal , near Seven Oaks , Kent , in his Sistyear , the Right Hon . Jeft ' ery Lord Amherst , of Holmsdale , K . B . privycounsellor to his Majesty , gov . of Guernsey , a field-marshal in the army , ancl colonel of the 2 d regt . of life-guards andofthe 6 oth ( or Royal American )
regiment of foot . He is succeeded in titles and estates by his nephew , William Pitt . Amherst . —His Lordship was born Jan . 29 , 1717 ; received his first commission in the army in 1731 ; was aid-du-camp to Gen . Ligonier in 1741 , and , in that c ! iaracter , was present at the battles of Dettingen , Fontenoy , and
Rocoux . He was afterwards made aiddu-camp to the Duke of Cumberland , and , as such , was at the battles of Laffeldt and Hastenbeck ; and continued with his Royal Highness till 1756 , when he was appointed colonel of the 15 th regiment of foot . In 175 S he received orders to return to England , being appointed for the American service , and sailed from . Portsmouth , on March 16 , as major-general commanding the
troops for the siege of Louisbourg , & c . ; in which , by the extraordinary exertions of Gen . Wolfe , he succeeded . On the 301 I 1 of September in the same year he was appointed commander in chief of . all the forces in America , in the room of Gen . Abercrombie ; and at the same time was appointed
colonel of another regiment ( being the Goth ) as of right . He was also made governor of Virginia ; and was one of the oldest knights of tlie Bath ( the third on the list ) , being one of the first presented with a red ribband by his present Majesty , very soon after he came to the throne , in 1761 . He
continued in the command in America to the latter end of 1763 , when . he returned to England . Sept . 21 , 1768 , he was dismissed from all his employments , in consequence of a personal dispute with the King ; but , by the mere effect of public discussion in the news-papers , he surmounted all difficulties , and , in the November following , was admitted to court , and received with redoubled honours .
The first office conferred on him after his restoration to royal favour happened on the 7 th of the same month , in consequence of the death of Gen . Burton , when Gen . Amherst was appointed colonel of his ( the 3 d ) regt . of foot ; and Gen . Gage , on Gen . Amherst ' s coining home , was appointed
commander in chief in America , and , as such , colonel of the 60 th regiment , which he held during Gen . Amherst's suspension . Gen . Gage , however , although he was suffered to hold his command in America , was superseded in his command of the 60 th regiment of foot , to make way for Amherst's h the
re-appointment ; althoug holding this regiment was before considered as a matter of right , attached to ihe American command . In addition to these appointments , was conferred on Amherst that of first officer of-the staff ; which gave him authority over all the armies on the British establishment . In 1771 he was made governorof Guernsey ; and , the year after , was appointed lieutenant-general of the
ordnance , which he held till the appointment of Gen . Kowe to that office : but , in lieu of this , upon tlie death of Lord ¦ Hnrri- 'glon . Geii . Amherst ivas appointed colonel of the ' 2 d troop of grenadier-guards ; and , on the death of Lord Cadogan , to the 2 d troop of horseguardsandwhen that was
re-; , corps duced , to the 2 d regiment , of horseguards . In 1776 he was created Baron Amherst , of Holmesdale , in the county of Kent . In 177 S he had lhe command of the army in England ; in 1779 was made colonel of the second tr \ op of horse grenadier-guard :. ; in 1782
received the gold stick from the King , when , on the change of the Administration , the command of the army , and the lieutenant-generalship of the ordnance , - were put into other hands . In I 787 „ he recei-. ee ! another patent of peerage , as Baron Amherst , of Montreal , with remainder to his nephew ,
William Pitt Amherst . These accumulations of royal favour appear to have arisen from the taking of Montreal ( which was easily reduced afie . i