AMHERST, JEFFREY, Lord, was born in 1717 in Kent. He served in the Duke of Cumberland's campaigns in Germany, and afterwards with distinction in the military operations that wrested Canada from the French. He was governor of Virginia in 1763, and of Guernsey in 1770. He was created a baron in 1776, while he was commander-in-chief in England, which office he retained till the dissolution of Lord North's administration in 1782. He was again appointed commander-in-chief in 1793, an office which he resigned on account of his age in 1795. He died in 1797. Amherstburgh in Upper Canada was named after this able officer.