Amherst (surname)

Amherst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * 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
 * Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826), Canadian artist born Elizabeth Frances Amherst