Biography of William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst 1836-1910
Paternal Family Tree: Amherst
Maternal Family Tree: Roosilia Drake
In 1834 [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 28) and [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Bishop Hugh Percy (age 49) and Mary Manners Sutton. He the son of William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst (age 60) and Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst (age 72). They were third cousin once removed.
On 26 Mar 1836 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was born to William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 30) and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 21) at Mayfair.
On 03 May 1836 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 25 Oct 1854 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 32) and William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 18) fought.
Major-General John Douglas (age 37) commanded the 79th Regiment of Foot.
General George Augustus Frederick Paget (age 36) and Henry Hugh Manvers Percy (age 37) fought.
On 13 Mar 1857 [his grandfather] William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst (age 84) died at Knole House, Sevenoaks. His son [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 51) succeeded 2nd Earl Amherst, 3rd Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 42) by marriage Countess Amherst.
In 1859 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 22) was elected MP West Kent.
On 27 Aug 1862 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 26) and Julia Mann Countess Amherst were married at Linton, Kent [Map]. She the daughter of James Mann 5th Earl Cornwallis. He the son of William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 56) and Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 47).
On 26 Mar 1886 [his father] William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 80) died at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks. His son William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 50) succeeded 3rd Earl Amherst, 4th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. [his wife] Julia Mann Countess Amherst by marriage Countess Amherst.
On 27 Apr 1890 [his mother] Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 75) died.
On 14 Aug 1910 William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 74) died without issue as a result of an operation he received three months prior for a throat infection at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks. His brother [his brother] Hugh Amherst 4th Earl Amherst (age 54) succeeded 4th Earl Amherst, 5th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent.
[his daughter] Julia Amherst was born to William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst.
Poulett George Henry Somerset fought; his horse was killed under him by a shell.
William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst was wounded.
Hedworth Joliffe 2nd Baron Hylton and Edwyn Sherard Burnaby fought.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jeffrey Amherst
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Amherst
GrandFather: William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Patterson
Father: William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Leigh
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Archer 1st Baron Archer 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Dashwood
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood
Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Tipping 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Tipping Baroness Archer 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cheke of Pirgo 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Cheke 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Laetitia Russell
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James West
Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah West Baroness Archer
William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Smithson 3rd Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Langdale Smithson
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Algernon Percy 1st Earl Beverley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Seymour 6th Duke Somerset
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Algernon Seymour 7th Duke Somerset 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Percy Duchess Somerset 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Thynne
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Thynne Duchess Somerset 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Strode
10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Bishop Hugh Percy 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Burrell
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Raymond
Great x 3 Grandmother: Amy Raymond
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Susan Burrell Countess Beverley
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lewis
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lewis
Mother: Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners-Sutton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Sutton 2nd Baron Lexinton
13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Sutton Duchess Rutland 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hungerford Baroness Lexington
15 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archbishop Charles Manners-Sutton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Chaplin
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Chaplin of Blankney
Great x 2 Grandmother: Diana Chaplin 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Archer 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Diana Archer 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dashwood
GrandMother: Mary Manners Sutton 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Thoroton of Screveton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Thoroton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Levett
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Levett
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Thoroton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Russell Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Roosilia Drake 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England