1717 - 1797
Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army. Amherst is credited as the architect of Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years' War. Under his command, British forces captured the cities of Louisbourg, Quebec City and Montreal, as well as several major fortresses. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst has received more than 600,913 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst is the 967th most popular military personnel (down from 860th in 2019), the 1,800th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,688th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 967 out of 1,468. Before him are Nagakura Shinpachi, Harukichi Hyakutake, Arthur Rostron, Jean-Étienne Championnet, Cornelius Fuscus, and Walther von Lüttwitz. After him are Leon Rupnik, Karl Lennart Oesch, Adelbert Schulz, Abraham Duquesne, John Basilone, and Roussel de Bailleul.
1839 - 1915
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 961
1888 - 1947
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 962
1869 - 1940
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 963
1762 - 1800
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 964
100 - 87
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 965
1859 - 1942
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 966
1717 - 1797
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 967
1880 - 1946
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 968
1892 - 1978
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 969
1903 - 1944
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 970
1610 - 1688
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 971
1916 - 1945
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 972
1100 - 1078
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 973
Among people born in 1717, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 17. Before him are Horace Walpole, Ebrahim Afshar, David Garrick, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Molla Panah Vagif. After him are Alexander Sumarokov, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, João de Loureiro, and Ventura Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 1797, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 19. Before him are Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Horace Walpole, Olaudah Equiano, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Molla Panah Vagif, and Pasquale Anfossi. After him are Princess Joséphine of Lorraine, Ivan Shuvalov, John Wilkes, Francesco Sabatini, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Asaf-ud-Daula.
1717 - 1797
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 11
1717 - 1748
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 12
1717 - 1779
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 13
1717 - 1778
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 14
1717 - 1785
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 15
1717 - 1797
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 16
1717 - 1797
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 17
1717 - 1777
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 18
1717 - 1778
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 19
1717 - 1791
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 20
1717 - 1785
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 21
1728 - 1797
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 13
1717 - 1797
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 14
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 15
1734 - 1797
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 16
1717 - 1797
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 17
1727 - 1797
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 18
1717 - 1797
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 19
1753 - 1797
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 20
1727 - 1797
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 21
1725 - 1797
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 22
1721 - 1797
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 23
1719 - 1797
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 24
1748 - 1797
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 25
Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 1,800 out of 7,765. Before him are Lilian Harvey (1906), Stephen Toulmin (1922), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), Alan Gardiner (1879), Alan Stacey (1933), and Andy Fletcher (1961). After him are Alf Ramsey (1920), Lynn Redgrave (1943), Dido (1971), Sadiq Khan (1970), Louis Harold Gray (1905), and Clive Barker (1952).
1906 - 1968
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 1,794
1922 - 2009
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1,795
1390 - 1447
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1,796
1879 - 1963
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1,797
1933 - 1960
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 1,798
1961 - 2022
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 1,799
1717 - 1797
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 1,800
1920 - 1999
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 1,801
1943 - 2010
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 1,802
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 1,803
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 1,804
1905 - 1965
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 1,805
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 1,806
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ranks 37. Before him are Harold Bride (1890), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Robert Maynard (1684), Robert Blake (1599), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), and Arthur Rostron (1869). After him are J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Fastolf (1380), Arthur Percival (1887), Henry Tandey (1891), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), and John Paul Jones (1747).
1890 - 1956
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 31
1852 - 1925
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 32
1684 - 1751
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 33
1599 - 1657
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 34
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 35
1869 - 1940
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 36
1717 - 1797
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 37
1878 - 1966
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 38
1380 - 1459
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 39
1887 - 1966
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 40
1891 - 1977
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 41
1729 - 1814
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 42
1747 - 1792
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 43