EARL AMHERST

'Earl Amherst' was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created on 19 December 1826, along with the title 'Viscount Holmesdale', for the then Governor-General of India William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst.
His uncle, Sir Jeffrey Amherst, had been created 'Baron Amherst of Holmesdale' on 20 May 1776 with a normal remainder, and thus this became extinct upon his death. However, on 6 September 1788 Lord Amherst was created 'Baron Amherst of Montreal' with a special remainder to his nephew. All the titles became extinct on the death of the 5th Earl on 4 March 1993.
==Barons Amherst of Holmesdale (1776)==


★ Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797) (extinct)
==Barons Amherst of Montreal (1788)==

★ Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797)

★ William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst of Montreal (1773–1857) (created 'Earl Amherst' in 1826)
==Earls Amherst (1826)==

★ William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773–1857)

★ William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst (1805–1886)

★ William Archer Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836–1910)

★ Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl Amherst (1856–1927)

★ Jeffrey John Archer Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst (1896–1993)