Amherst

Amherst may refer to:

People

• Baron Amherst (disambiguation), in particular:
  • Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797), British army officer
  • William Amherst (British Army officer) (1732–1781), younger brother of the above
• Baron Amherst of Hackney, created 1892 for:
  • William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney
    • Alicia Amherst (1865–1941), gardening historian and daughter of the above
• Earl Amherst:
  • William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of India from August 1823 to February 1828
  • William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst
    • Josceline Amherst, Australian politician and fifth son of the 2nd earl
  • William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst
  • Hugh Amherst, 4th Earl Amherst
  • Jeffery Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst

Places

Many named for Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst:

Australia

• Amherst, Victoria

Burma

• Kyaikkami, Myanmar, formerly known as Amherst

Canada

• Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Middle Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Upper Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Amherst, Nova Scotia
• Amherst Head, Nova Scotia
• Amherst Point, Nova Scotia
• Amherst Shore, Nova Scotia
• East Amherst, Nova Scotia
• West Amherst, Nova Scotia
• Amherst Island, Ontario
• Amherst Pointe, Ontario
• Amherstburg, Ontario
• Amherstview, Ontario
• Amherst, Quebec
• Saint-Rémi-d'Amherst, Quebec
• Amherst Island (Nunavut)

United States

• Amherst, Colorado
• Amherst, Maine
• Amherst, Massachusetts
• Amherst Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota
• Amherst, Nebraska
• Amherst, New Hampshire
• Amherst, New York, the largest suburb of the city of Buffalo
• Amherst, Ohio
• Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio
• Amherst, South Dakota
• Amherst, Texas
• Amherst, Virginia
• Amherst County, Virginia
• Amherst, Wisconsin

Higher education

• Amherst College, in Amherst, Massachusetts
• University of Massachusetts Amherst, in Amherst, Massachusetts

Other

• Amherst (automobile), manufactured briefly in Canada
• Fort Amherst (disambiguation), military facilities in England and Canada