Lord Amherst married Gertrude, daughter of the Right Reverend Hugh Percy, in 1834. They had six sons and five daughters, including William Amherst and Josceline Amherst. He died at Montreal Park, Sevenoaks, Kent, in March 1886, aged 80. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, William. The Countess Amherst died at Rutland Gate, London, in April 1890, aged 75.[2]
william, amherst, earl, amherst, william, pitt, amherst, earl, amherst, september, 1805, march, 1886, styled, viscount, holmesdale, between, 1826, 1857, british, peer, earl, amherst, c1870s, amherst, born, lower, grosvenor, street, london, william, amherst, ea. William Pitt Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst 3 September 1805 26 March 1886 styled Viscount Holmesdale between 1826 and 1857 was a British peer Earl Amherst in the c1870s Amherst was born at Lower Grosvenor Street London the son of William Amherst 1st Earl Amherst by his first wife Sarah daughter of Andrew Archer 2nd Baron Archer 1 He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church Oxford He became known by the courtesy title Viscount Holmesdale when his father was elevated to an earldom in 1826 2 In 1829 he was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for East Grinstead a seat he held until 1832 when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act 2 3 He never returned to the House of Commons In 1857 he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords 2 4 Lord Amherst married Gertrude daughter of the Right Reverend Hugh Percy in 1834 They had six sons and five daughters including William Amherst and Josceline Amherst He died at Montreal Park Sevenoaks Kent in March 1886 aged 80 He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son William The Countess Amherst died at Rutland Gate London in April 1890 aged 75 2 References edit thepeerage com a b c d thepeerage com William Pitt Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst of Arracan Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with E part 1 HL Deb 11 May 1857 vol 145 col 99 Accessed 27 February 2020 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Mr William AmherstParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byLord Strathavon Hon Charles Jenkinson Member of Parliament for East Grinstead1829 1832 With Lord Strathavon 1829 1830Frederick Richard West 1830 1832 Constituency abolishedPeerage of the United KingdomPreceded byWilliam Pitt Amherst Earl Amherst1857 1886 Succeeded byWilliam Archer AmherstPeerage of Great BritainPreceded byWilliam Pitt Amherst Baron Amherst descended by acceleration 1857 1880 Succeeded byWilliam Archer Amherst Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Amherst 2nd Earl Amherst amp oldid 1178419155, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
