Earl Amherst - Barons Amherst; Second Creation (1788)

Barons Amherst; Second Creation (1788)

  • Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797)
  • William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst (1773–1857) (created Earl Amherst in 1826)

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