Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
Military Commander
1725 – 1774
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Who was Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive?
Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB MP FRS, also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown. Together with Warren Hastings he was one of the key early figures in the creation of British India. He also sat as a Tory Member of Parliament in Great Britain.
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- Born
- Sep 25, 1725
Moreton Say - Also known as
- Clive of India
- Parents
- Spouses
- Margaret Maskelyne
(1753/02/18 - 1774/11/22)
- Margaret Maskelyne
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
- Died
- Nov 22, 1774
Westminster - Resting place
- Moreton Say
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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