Jeffery Amherst (1717-1797) was a British army officer who served as royal governor of Virginia from 1759 to 1768. During the Seven Years' War, he was the commanding general of all British forces in North America. His military heyday occurred during the late 1750s, with the Portsmouth expedition in which he led a force of 14,000 along with Admiral Edward Boscawen's fleet of 151 vessels. Amherst and his men successfully took Fort Ticonderoga while General James Wolfe captured Quebec and General John Prideaux and Sir William Johnson seized Fort Niagara. In 1763, Amherst's military reputation was tarnished by his difficulties during Pontiac's War.

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