Amherst, Jeffrey, Baron

(1717-1797). Sent to America, 1758, and in co-operation with Admiral Boscawen, captured Louis bourg that year. With General Prideaux and Sir W. Johnson, took Ticonderoga, 1759. Reduced Montreal the following year. Appointed commander-in-chief and governor-general in America, 1761. Raised to peerage, 1776, as Baron Amherst of Holmes dale. Index : WM In command of Louis bourg expedition, 73; commander-in-chief of forces in America, 77; operates against Montreal, 77; his slowne of movement, 97, 122; held in check by Bourlamaque, 131; compels Bourlamaque to evacuate Forts Carillon and Frederic, 146. Hd Replaces Abercromby, 21; wrecks Fort George, 22; his delay at Lake Cham plain, 25; praises Haldimand's forbearance at Niagara, 27; builds a strong fort at Crown Point, 28; arrives at Oswego, 34; Montreal surrenders to, 38; takes up quarters at New York, 40; nominal governor of Canada, 41; notifies Haldimand of promotion, 42; approves scheme for smelting old guns, 47; retirement of, 53; letter from Haldimand, 82; recommends Haldimand for New York command, 83; his interest in Louis Haldimand, 88; blind to true situation in America, 103; anxious to see Haldimand on his return to England, 105-106; meets Haldimand at Sydneys, 311; entertainments given by, 324-325; Haldimand on, 326, 332; Haldimand visits, 337, 339. Dr Canada surrendered to, 2; grants religious freedom, 10. See also Louis bourg; Ticonderoga; Crown Point. Bib. : Expedition of British and Provincial Army... against Ticonderoga and Crown Point ; Samuel Waldo, Reduction of Louis bourg (Dominion Archives, 1886); John stone, Journal of Louis bourg, 1750-1758 (Coll. de doc. rel. à la Nouvelle France, vol. 3); Dict. of Eng. Hist. ; Dict. Nat. Biog. ; Bradley, The Fight with France ; Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe .