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    Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal...
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  • Robert Clive (1769–1833), MP for Ludlow, son of Clive of India Robert Clive (1789–1854) (Robert Henry Clive), British politician, grandson of Clive of...
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  • Robert Clive Napper (born 25 February 1966) is an English serial killer and rapist. He has been convicted of two murders, one manslaughter, two rapes and...
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    decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The...
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  • Robert Windsor-Clive may refer to: Robert Windsor-Clive (MP) (1824–1859), British politician Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth (1857–1923), politician...
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    he was raised to the peerage as Baron Clive. Powis was the eldest son of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive ("Clive of India"), and Margaret born Maskelyne...
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    (1755–1801) Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (1725–1774) Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive (1754–1839) (created Earl of Powis in 1804) Edward Clive, 1st Earl of...
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  • Robert Henry Clive (15 January 1789 – 20 January 1854) was a British Conservative Party politician. Clive was born in the parish of St George's, Hanover...
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    Robert Clive, who was a colleague. When she set out he was a man who reportedly had fallen in love with her portrait; when she arrived Robert Clive was...
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    Colin Glenn Clive (born Clive-Greig; 20 January 1900 – 25 June 1937) was a British theatre and film actor. He is most famous for his role as Dr. Henry...
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    A Grade II-listed bronze statue of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, by John Tweed, stands in King Charles Street, Whitehall, London. The work was unveiled...
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    terminated 1855) Robert Windsor-Clive (1824–1859) Robert George Windsor-Clive, 14th Baron Windsor (1857–1923) (created Earl of Plymouth in 1905) Robert George Windsor-Clive...
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  • Clive of India is a 1935 American historical biographical film starring Ronald Colman about the life of Robert Clive. It was based on R. J. Minney's play...
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    top for people to ring if there was ever another fire. In the 1730s Robert Clive attended the grammar school, and a school desk with the initials "RC"...
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  • Look up Clive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clive is a name. People and fictional characters with the name include: Clive Allen (born 1961), English...
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    Plassey on 23 June 1757. The forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive invaded and the administration of Bengal fell into the hands of the company...
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    equally challenging and determined young officer from the British Army, Robert Clive. "The Austrian War of Succession in 1740 and later the war in 1756 automatically...
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    Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 1757. Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta. Robert Clive...
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    until 1760, when he failed to satisfy various British demands. In 1758, Robert Clive discovered that Jafar had made a treaty with the Dutch East India Company...
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    Sir Robert Henry Clive GCMG PC (23 December 1877 – 13 May 1948) was a British diplomat. Clive was the son of Charles Meysey Bolton Clive and the great-grandson...
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  • European Literature and author of books on French poetry Clive Scott (actor) (Robert Clive Cleghorn, 1937–2021), South African actor and director This...
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    10 November 1763) was Governor-General of French India and rival of Robert Clive. Dupleix was born in Landrecies, on January 23, 1697[citation needed]...
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  • Robert Windsor-Clive (24 May 1824 – 4 August 1859) was a British Conservative Party politician. Windsor-Clive was the eldest son of Robert Clive, grandson...
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    The mutiny arose after the East India Company's governor of Bengal, Robert Clive, implemented an order to reduce the batta field allowance paid to its...
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    imperial India, in this case Robert Clive, better known as "Clive of India". The name was given by John Curling. The town of Clive is mainly rural, yet with...
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    Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, son of the late Emperor Alamgir II, and Robert Clive, of the East India Company, in the aftermath of the Battle of Buxar of...
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    Robert Clive Jones (born July 21, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He served...
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    main British base, the East India Company dispatched a fleet led by Robert Clive who defeated the last independent Nobab Siraj-ud-Daulah at the Battle...
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    name is unknown, it is believed to have been named after Robert Clive. In its early days, Clive was a coal mining town and a railroad shipping point along...
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    Shropshire. It was home to the Clive family and is a Grade II listed building. Styche belonged to the Clive family, and Robert Clive was born in the old timber-framed...
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