Soldier and administrator. Born Shropshire. With the East India Company he effectively founded the British Empire. Spent much of his adult life in India, making his fortune there and becoming Governor of Bengal. Back at home in Berkeley Square he committed suicide with an overdose of laudanum after being accused of financial irregularities.
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Robert, Lord Clive, Clive of India
Clive lived here from 1761 until his death, from an overdose of laudanum. (fr...
A UK based charitable organisation which provides care and support to serving...
Soldier and writer. Born in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. He enlisted in t...
In 1830 local divisions, one for each borough and each with its own station, ...
Served in India and South Africa. He named Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape...
