On 22 October 1772 Amherst was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance and soon gained the confidence of George III who had initially hoped the position would go to a member of the Royal Family.

As a result, the UMass Amherst has gained a high level of public recognition worldwide and extensive goodwill and we must be vigilant in protecting these valuable University assets against any unauthorized use.

The name Amherst was established in 1853 by Adam Uline, after General Amherst of Revolutionary fame and the fact he was native of Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Operation Amherst was a Free French SAS, led by brigadier Mike Calvert of Chindit fame, attack designed to capture intact Dutch canals, bridges and airfields during World War II.

The couple moved to America so that Plath could take a teaching position at her alma mater, Smith College ; during this time Hughes taught at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Kranzberg graduated from Amherst College, received a master's and a PhD from Harvard College and served in the Army in Europe during World War II.

Other notable early settlers of Henry County include Colonel George Waller, Captain George Hairston and Major John Redd, all of whom were present at the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown ; Col. Abraham Penn, a native of Amherst County, Virginia, who led his Henry County militia troops with the intention of joining General Nathaniel Greene at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse during the Revolutionary War ; and Brigadier General Joseph Martin, for whom Martinsville is named.

Also prominent were Mordecai Hord, a native of Louisa County and prominent early explorer, who lived on his plantation called Hordsville ; and Col. John Dillard, born in Amherst County, Virginia in 1751, wounded at the Battle of Princeton during the Revolution, and later a member of the Committee of Safety and a colonel in the Virginia forces.

He graduated from Amherst College in 1942 and then served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 during World War II.

Chartered in 1760 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, the town was named for General Lord Amherst, who commanded British forces in North America during the French and Indian War.

The town, as part of Medway, is surrounded by two circles of fortresses ; the inner line built during the Napoleonic wars consists of Fort Clarence, Fort Pitt, Fort Amherst and Fort Gillingham.

* The Lord Amherst, who captured Montreal during the French and Indian War, was created Baron Amherst, of Montreal in the County of Kent in 1788.

* William Amherst, 2nd Baron Amherst, Governor-General of India during the First Anglo-Burmese War that resulted in the annexation of Arakan, was created Earl Amherst, of Arracan in the East Indies in 1826.

In 1760, General Jeffrey Amherst put him at the head of a division during the attack and capture of Montreal.

It influenced teaching of rhetoric during the later sixteenth century, and the art of adoxography or praise of worthless subjects became a popular exercise in Elizabethan grammar schools: see Charles O. McDonald, The Rhetoric of Tragedy ( Amherst, 1966 ).

The library is accessible to UMass Amherst and 5-College Students 24 hours a day during the normal academic year, except on Fridays, Saturdays, and select holidays when the library closes at 9 p. m.

She began her career appearing in department store catalogs in Springfield, during which time, she attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

but it was sold, along with Fish Hall, during the reign of Charles II to Jeffrey Amherst.

In a series of letters during the summer of 1763 between Bouquet and his commander, General Jeffery Amherst, the idea was raised of infecting the Indians who had besieged Fort Pitt with smallpox by giving them infected blankets from the fort's smallpox hospital.

Amherst Island was known by the French as Isle Tonti, after Henri de Tonty, who accompanied La Salle during his explorations.

The Amherst Island Public School doubles as a community centre for Amherst Island during non-regular school hours.

After graduating from the New Lincoln School, Deerfield Academy, and Amherst College, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving for four and a half years, during World War II.

The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds a collection of his papers, including a letter he dropped from the balloon during his historic flight, considered the oldest piece of airmail in existence.

* September 8 – Seven Years ' War: Jeffery Amherst captures Montreal.

* July 27 – Seven Years War ( French and Indian War ): British troops under Jeffrey Amherst take Fort Ticonderoga.

The institution was named after the town, which in turn had been named after Jeffery, Lord Amherst, a veteran from the Seven Years ' War and later commanding general of the British forces in North America.

The policies of General Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst | Jeffrey Amherst, a British hero of the Seven Years ' War, helped to provoke another war.

Following the end of the Seven Years ' War in 1763, the British created three 100, 000-acre ( 400 km² ) townships on the isthmus, called Amherst, Sackville and Cumberland.

The seven chapters in attendance at the convention, Williams, Union, Hamilton, Amherst, Wesleyan of Middletown, Connecticut, Western Reserve of Cleveland, Ohio, and Colby of Waterville, Maine, are known as the " Seven Stars " of the anti-secrecy fight and are commemorated in the Fraternity Coat of Arms.

The Early Years ( 1940-1965 ) ( Amherst: Cambria Press, 2011 ).

The Pequot War ( Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996 ).

The Pequot War ( Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996 ).

Amherst is best known as one of the victors of the French and Indian War, when he conquered Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal.

Like many New England towns, Amherst was the result of a land grant given to soldiers-in this case, to soldiers in 1728 who had participated in King Philip's War.

The town population remained relatively stagnant until after World War II, when Amherst and many surrounding towns saw an influx of newcomers as they became part of the greater Boston, Massachusetts region.

" Gage also made some important political connections, forming relationships with important figures like Lord Barrington, the future Secretary at War, and Jeffery Amherst, a man roughly his age who rose to great heights in the French and Indian War.

The Pequot War ( Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996 ).

General Carleton was given independent command of forces in Quebec and the northern frontier, while General William Howe was appointed Commander-in-Chief of forces along the Atlantic coast, an arrangement that had worked well between Generals Wolfe and Amherst in the French and Indian War.

He saw service in the French and Indian War under the command of Jeffrey Amherst at the 1758 siege of Louisbourg, and in 1759 under the command of James Wolfe at the Siege of Quebec.

Each of these highly regarded liberal arts colleges and universities contribute to Hampshire County's college town atmosphere, particularly in the significant college towns of Northampton and Amherst.

While the French had always made these supplies available, Amherst did not trust the Native Americans, particularly after the " Cherokee Rebellion " of 1761, in which Cherokee warriors took up arms against their former British allies.

Clark was particularly disappointed with the lack of support from the farming community, writing, " To one who understands fully the greatness of the work which has been done in Amherst … the utter indifference in regard to the college manifested by most of the 75, 000 farmers of Massachusetts is truly astounding.

Once leaving the city of Buffalo, NY 5 heads east through the densely populated suburban town of Amherst, including the hamlets of Snyder and Eggertsville and the village of Williamsville and is heavily developed through the entire length of the town, particularly at the intersection with Transit Road ( NY 78 ).

The town of Amherst, situated in an area surrounded by five colleges, prides itself on being particularly socially conscientious.