Robert Clive (1725-74; ODNB), army officer in the East India Company, victorious at the battle of Plassey (1757) and brought large parts of the Indian sub-continent under British control; twice governor of Bengal;1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1762); from great wealth accumulated in India bought estates in Britain; his son Edward Clive married into the Herbert family and became the 1st Earl of Powis.

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• 16 Mar 1918
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