William Pitt Amherst papers. 1827

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William Pitt Amherst papers. 1827

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British Library

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Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857

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William Pitt Amherst, Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), succeeded as second Baron Amherst of Arracan in 1797. A Lord of the Bedchamber in 1804-1815 and 1816-1823, he served as envoy to Naples 1809-1811 and as special ambassador to China in 1816. He was made Governor-General of India in 1823, successfully led the colony through the First Burmese War, and retired to England in 1828. He died in 1857. From the description of Earl Amherst of Arracan letters to Sarah, Countess of Arraca...

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1779-1808 officer of the East India Company; 1779 ensign; 1781 lieutenant; 1786 commissionary-general; 1788 aide de camp to the governor-general, Cornwallis; 1788-1792 head assistant, military auditor-general's office; 1798 garrison storekeeper, Fort William; 1798 secretary to the military board; 1798 captain; 1798 military auditor-general; 1805 private secretary to the governor-general, Cornwallis; 1808-1829 director, East India Company; 1812-1818 Member of Parliament for Honiton 1...