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Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, KB (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was a British soldier who established British control in Southern India and Bengal. Together with Warren Hastings he was one of the key figures in the creation of British India.

Robert Clive was born at Styche, the family estate, in the parish in Moreton Say, near Market Drayton, Shropshire. Teachers were unable to control the young Clive. He is said to have climbed the tower of St Mary's Parish Church in Market Drayton and sat on a gargoyle, frightening people down below. He also attempted to set up a protection racket enforced by a gang of youths. Faced with the choice of paying up or receiving a visit from Clive and his 'boys', many of Market Drayton's shopkeepers decided to pay. His bad behaviour resulted in him being expelled from three schools, including Market Drayton Grammar School. he also went to Clifton College School. he boarded there for 3 years


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  • Clive House

    Clive House at Fort St. George, Chennai

  • Plaque at Clive House

    Plaque at Clive House

  • Shah-alam-ii-mughal-emperor-of-india-reviewing-the-east-india-companys-troops-1781-1894 1247854

    The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, as a pensioner of the British East India Company, 1781.

  • Shah 'Alam conveying the grant of the Diwani to Lord Clive

    Clive meeting with Emperor Shah Alam II, 1765

  • Khizr

    Miniature of Al-Khidr, from the "Small Clive Album" thought to have been given to Clive on his 1765–67 visit to India by Shuja ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh. The Album contains 62 folia of Mughal miniature paintings, drawing and floral pattern studies. The binding is from Indian brocade silk brought home by the 2nd Lord Clive, who served as Governor of Madras, 1799 to 1803. Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1956.

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    "George Clive and his family with an Indian maid", painted by Joshua Reynolds, 1765.

  • DraytonStMarys

    St. Mary's in Market Drayton, whose tower Clive is reputed to have climbed


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