William Amherst

• William Amherst , lieutenant colonel during the French and Indian War, MP for Hythe and Launceston
• William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal
• William Amherst, 2nd Earl Amherst, British peer
• William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst, British peer and freemason
• William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, British Conservative Member of Parliament