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Earl Amherst is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1826. William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst (age 52) created.
13th March 1857. Son William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 51) succeeded.
26th March 1886. Son William Archer Amherst 3rd Earl Amherst (age 50) succeeded.
14th August 1910. Brother Hugh Amherst 4th Earl Amherst (age 54) succeeded.
7th March 1927. Son Jeffery Amherst 5th Earl Amherst (age 30) succeeded.
4th March 1993. Jeffery Amherst 5th Earl Amherst extinct.
In 1826 William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst (age 52) was created 1st Earl Amherst. Sarah Archer Countess Plymouth and Amherst (age 64) by marriage Countess Amherst.
In 1839 William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst (age 65) and Mary Sackville Countess Plymouth Amherst (age 46) were married. She by marriage Countess Amherst. She the daughter of John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke Dorset and Arabella Diana Cope 3rd Duchess Dorset.
On 13th March 1857 William Pitt Amherst 1st Earl Amherst (age 84) died at Knole House, Sevenoaks. His son William (age 51) succeeded 2nd Earl Amherst, 3rd Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. Gertrude Percy Countess Amherst (age 42) by marriage Countess Amherst.
On 26th March 1886 William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst (age 80) died at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks. His son William (age 50) succeeded 3rd Earl Amherst, 4th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent. Julia Mann Countess Amherst by marriage Countess Amherst.
On 14th August 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 Hugh (age 54) succeeded 4th Earl Amherst, 5th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent.
On 7th March 1927 Hugh Amherst 4th Earl Amherst (age 71) died. His son Jeffery (age 30) succeeded 5th Earl Amherst, 6th Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 4th March 1993 Jeffery Amherst 5th Earl Amherst (age 96) died. Earl Amherst, Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent extinct.