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The Amherst country lies in that delightful region where the North Downs slope from Sevenoaks to Tunbridge and the Weald of Kent. The Place which bears the name is in the parish of pembury within a few miles of Tunbridge and from the Pipe Rolls of 1215 down to the Tudor period we find mention of those who took their description from the spot. At Riverhead the Amherst property was close to Knole and in 1731 the Duke of Dorset Procured for Jeffery Amherst the son of his friend the bencher an ensigncy in the Guards. While Wolfe has obtained unfading renown by the glorious capture of Quebec, Amherst did no less solid service by reducing Ticonderoga.Finally in 1760 the united forces took Montreal and General Jeffery Amherst was appointed Governor-General of British North America.
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ISBN : 9788121260145
Pages : 240
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