Editing Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (section)

==Legacy==
Several places are named for him: [[Amherst Island|Amherst Island, Ontario]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Island History – Amherst Island |date=2 June 2019 |url=https://www.amherstislandca.com/about/island-history/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en-CA}}</ref> [[Amherstburg|Amherstburg, Ontario]] (location of [[General Amherst High School]]),<ref>Jacobson p. 17</ref> [[Amherst, Massachusetts]] (location of the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]], [[Hampshire College]] and [[Amherst College]]),<ref>Tucker p. 14</ref> [[Amherst, New Hampshire]],<ref>Farmer p. 70</ref> [[Amherst, Nova Scotia]],<ref>Heim p. 343</ref> [[Amherst, New York]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amherst.ny.us/pdf/it/brief_history.pdf|title=A Brief History of the Town of Amherst|year=1997|publisher=Amherst Museum|access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref> [[Amherst, Maine]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amherstme.com/|title=Welcome to the Town of Amherst|access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref> and [[Amherst County, Virginia]].<ref>Smith p. 182</ref>

Amherst's desire to exterminate the indigenous people is now viewed as a dark stain on his legacy and various agencies, municipalities and institutions have reconsidered the use of the name "Amherst". "The Un-Canadians", a 2007 article in ''[[The Beaver (magazine)|The Beaver]]'', includes Amherst in a list of people in the history of Canada who are considered contemptible by the authors, because he "supported plans of distributing smallpox-infested blankets to First Nations people".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/26220434/un-canadians |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624025050/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/26220434/un-canadians |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-06-24 |title=The Un-Canadians |publisher=Beaver, Vol. 87 Issue 4, p. 30|date= August–September 2007|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref>

In 2008, [[Mi'kmaq]] spiritual leader John Joe Sark called the name of [[Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst|Fort Amherst Park]] of [[Prince Edward Island]] a "terrible blotch on Canada", and said: "To have a place named after General Amherst would be like having a city in Jerusalem named after Adolf Hitler...it's disgusting."  Sark raised his concerns again in a 29 January 2016 letter to the Canadian government.<ref>{{cite news|title=P.E.I. park honours general who wanted aboriginals killed, Mi'kmaq leader says|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mikmaq-leader-says-pei-park-honours-general-wanted-184514132.html?nhp=1|access-date=9 February 2016|agency=The Canadian Press|date=8 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216211459/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mikmaq-leader-says-pei-park-honours-general-wanted-184514132.html?nhp=1|archive-date=16 February 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  Mi'kmaq historian [[Daniel N. Paul]], who referred to Amherst as motivated by [[white supremacist]] beliefs, also supports a name change, saying: "in the future I don't think there should ever be anything named after people who committed what can be described as crimes against humanity."<ref>{{cite web|first=Deborah|last=Mensah-Bonsu|publisher=CTV.ca|title=Native leader says P.E.I. park needs name changed|date=16 August 2008|url=http://www.caledoniawakeupcall.com/updates/080816ctv.html|access-date=23 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903061913/http://www.caledoniawakeupcall.com/updates/080816ctv.html|archive-date=3 September 2014|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  In February 2016, a spokesperson for [[Parks Canada]] said it would review the matter after a proper complaint is filed; "Should there be a formal request from the public to change the name of the National Historic Site, Parks Canada would engage with the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada for its recommendation."<ref>{{cite news|title=Parks Canada may consider renaming historic site Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/mi-kmaq-leader-sark-port-la-joye-name-1.3438186|access-date=9 February 2016|agency=CBC.ca|date=8 February 2016}}</ref> An [[online petition]] was launched by Sark to satisfy this formal request requirement on 20 February 2016.<ref>''Removal of General Amherst's name from Parks Canada''; Change.Org; 20 February 2016</ref> On 16 February 2018, the site was renamed Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst, adding a Mi'kmaq word alongside the French and English titles.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Statement from Minister McKenna on the name change of an important national historic site |first=Catherine |last=McKenna |author-link=Catherine McKenna |publisher=[[Parks Canada]] |location=Ottawa |date=16 February 2018 |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2018/02/statement_from_ministermckennaonthenamechangeofanimportantnation.html |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref>

In 2009, Montreal City Councillor Nicolas Montmorency officially asked that Rue Amherst be renamed: "it is totally unacceptable that a man who made comments supporting the extermination of Native Americans to be honoured in this way".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/2009/08/24/263889.html |title=Le Devoir, Lundi 24 août 2009 |access-date=27 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827133631/http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/08/24/263889.html |archive-date=27 August 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> On 13 September 2017, the city of Montreal decided that the street bearing his name would be renamed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-flag-amherst-indigenous-1.4287015 |title=Montreal adds Iroquois symbol to flag, strips British general of street name – Montreal – CBC News |publisher=Cbc.ca |access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> On 21 June 2019, the street was officially renamed ''Rue Atateken'', ''atateken'' being a [[Mohawk language|Kanien'kehá]] word describing "those with whom one shares values," according to Kanehsatake historian Hilda Nicholas.<ref>{{cite news|title=La rue Amherst devient la rue Atateken|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-autochtones/1193382/rue-amherst-montreal-nom-changement-autochtones|access-date=21 June 2019|agency=Radio-Canada|date=21 June 2019|first=Laurence|last=Niosi}}</ref> Similarly, Rue Amherst in [[Gatineau, Quebec|Gatineau]] was renamed Rue Wìgwàs ([[Anishinaabemowin]] for [[white birch]]) in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dubé |first1=Élizabeth |title=Premières Nations: la rue Amherst deviendra la rue Wìgwàs |url=https://tvagatineau.ca/premieres-nations-la-rue-amherst-deviendra-la-rue-wigwas/ |access-date=27 September 2023 |work=TVA Gatineau |date=24 March 2023 |language=fr-CA}}</ref>

In 2016, [[Amherst College]] dropped its "Lord Jeffery" mascot at the instigation of the students.<ref name="Lord Jeff">{{cite news |work=New York Times |title=Amherst College Drops 'Lord Jeff' as Mascot |first=Jess |last=Bidgood |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/us/amherst-college-drops-lord-jeff-as-mascot.html}}</ref> It also  renamed the Lord Jeffery Inn, a campus hotel owned by the college, to the Inn on Boltwood in early 2019.<ref>{{cite web |work=Amherst College |title=The Lord Jeffrey Inn Introduces New Name and Logo |date=27 August 2018 |url=https://www.amherst.edu/news/press-releases/node/720121}}</ref>