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 died by suicide with an overdose of laudanum after being accused of financial irregularities.
He has been accused of actions leading to famines and other atrocities towards native populations.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert, Lord Clive, Clive of India
Clive lived here from 1761 until his death, from an overdose of laudanum.
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
Francis Victor Robinson was a son of Charles Sydney Robinson (1849-1913) and Marian Emma Robinson née Dent 1850-1901). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1883 in the Barnet registration...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
A parliamentary fort erected to defend London during the Civil War. The picture source website is fascinating but strangely we can't actually locate Stones End on the maps there. There used to be ...
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