Sir Jeffrey Amherst was created Baron Amherst in 1776, with a normal remainder, and then Baron Amherst in 1788 with a special remainder to a nephew. The 2nd Baron was created Earl Amherst and Viscount Holmesdale in 1826. The titles became extinct in 1993.
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In 1758 he was sent to America as a major general to lead the Louisburg campaign in the last of the French and Indian Wars.
The capture (1758) of the French fortress gave Britain her first important victory in the war, and Amherst replaced James Abercromby as supreme commander in America.
Amherst, for whom Amherst and Amherst College is named, was created baron in 1776 and was made a field marshal in 1796.