Robert Clive
Former Governor General of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS, also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India Company rule in Bengal. Wikipedia
Born: September 29, 1725, Styche Hall
Died: November 22, 1774 (age 49 years), Berkeley Square, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Margaret Maskelyne (m. 1753–1774)
Children: Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, Elizabeth Clive, Jane Clive, and more
Great grandchildren: Percy Egerton Herbert, Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis, Henrietta Sarah Windsor-Clive, and more
Books: The Life of Robert, First Lord Clive ... New Edition, Lord Clive's Speech in the House of Commons, on the Motion Made for an Inquiry Into the Nature, State, and Condition, of the East India Company, and of the British Affairs in the East Indies, in the Fifth Session of the Present Parliament. 1772 - Scholar's, Collectanea Juridica: Cases of the commendams before the Privy Council, in 16. Jac. I. Vindication of the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, with the judgment given by King James on occasion of the controversy between Lord Chancellor Ellesmere and Lord Coke. Lord Chief Justice Reeve's instructions to his nephew concerning the study of the law. Sir James Marriott's argument in giving judgment in the Court of Admiralty in the case of the ship Columbus. The Duke of Newcastle's letter to Monsieur Michell, in answer to the Prussian memorial, respecting the capture of vessels and property belonging to neutral powers in time of war. An argument of Lord Bacon, when attorney general, on the writ de rege inconsulto, in the case of the grant of the office of supersedeas in the Common pleas, 13 James I. Case on the validity of equitable recoveries, with the opinions of several eminent counsel thereon. Opinions of several eminent counsel on the case of Lord Clive's jaghire. Lord Hale's preface to Rolle's Abridgment. Case of Perrin and Blake in the King's Bench, with the arguments of the judges therein. Case of the Duchess of Kingston's will made in France, with the opinion of Monsieur Target thereon. Case of Buckworth and Thirkell in K.B. on a case in replevin, reserved at the Assizes for Cambridge, 25 Geo. 3. Case of Willoughby and Willoughby in chancery, on priority of mortgage debts. Reading of the law of uses, by Serjeant Carthew, at New Inn, Michaelmas, and more
Education: Merchant Taylors' School
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