William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst

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William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, was a British diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of India from 1823 to 1828.

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instanceOf British diplomat
Governor-General of India
colonial administrator
human
appointedBy British East India Company NERFINISHED
birthDate 1773-01-14
birthPlace Bath, Somerset, England NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
deathDate 1857-03-13
deathPlace Knole House, Kent, England NERFINISHED
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Westminster School
employer British East India Company NERFINISHED
era British Empire NERFINISHED
father William Amherst NERFINISHED
governedTerritory British India NERFINISHED
heldTitle Baron Amherst NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor leading a British diplomatic mission to China in 1816
serving as Governor-General of India from 1823 to 1828
language English
memberOf House of Lords
monarchDuringTerm George IV NERFINISHED
mother Elizabeth Patterson NERFINISHED
name William Pitt Amherst NERFINISHED
nobleFamily Amherst family NERFINISHED
notableEvent First Anglo-Burmese War NERFINISHED
notableWork Amherst Embassy to China NERFINISHED
occupation peer
politician
officeEnd 1828
officeStart 1823
oversaw First Anglo-Burmese War NERFINISHED
parliamentaryGroup Tory
positionHeld British ambassador to China
Governor-General of India NERFINISHED
predecessor John Adam NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism
residence Knole House, Kent NERFINISHED
spouse Sarah Archer NERFINISHED
successor Lord William Bentinck NERFINISHED
title 2nd Baron Amherst NERFINISHED

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Baron Amherst notableTitleHolder William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst
Baron Amherst associatedWithPerson William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst