Paternal Family Tree: Amherst
On 29th January 1717 Jeffrey Amherst 1st Baron Amherst was born to Jeffrey Amherst [aged 40].
In 1750 [his father] Jeffrey Amherst [aged 73] died.
In 1753 Jeffrey Amherst 1st Baron Amherst [aged 35] and Jane Dalison were married.
After 1765 Jeffrey Amherst 1st Baron Amherst [aged 47] and Mary Cary Baroness Amherst were married.
On 14th May 1776 Jeffrey Amherst 1st Baron Amherst [aged 59] was created 1st Baron Amherst of Holmesdale in Kent.
The London Gazette 13020. Whitehall, August 30 [1788]. THE King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable John Griffin [aged 69], Lord Howard of Walden, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and General of His Majesty's Forces, and to the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Lord Braybrooke, Baron of Braybrooke, in the County of Northampton; with Remainder to Richard Aldworth Neville [aged 70], of Billingbear, in the County of Berks, Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten.
The King has also been pleased to grant the like Dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable Jeffery Lord Amherst [aged 71], Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and General of His Majesty's Forces, and to the Heirs Male of His Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of 1st Baron Amherst, of Montreal in the County of Kent; with Remainder to his Nephew William Pitt Amherst [aged 15], Esq; and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten. [Note. This was the second time Jeffrey Amherst had been created Baron Amherst. The first creation had no special remainder and would become extinct on his death since he had no children. This second creation had a special remainder to his nephew William Pitt Amherst to ensure the Barony would continue; William Pitt Amherst would subsequently be created Earl Amherst. [his wife] Mary Cary Baroness Amherst by marriage Baroness Amherst of Montreal in Kent.]
On 3rd August 1797 Jeffrey Amherst 1st Baron Amherst [aged 80] died. Baron Amherst of Holmesdale in Kent extinct. His nephew William [aged 24] succeeded 2nd Baron Amherst of Montreal in Kent.