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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Powis
	First Name(s)	Edward
	Titles, Honours, etc.	Second Lord Clive and First Earl
	Birth Year	1754
	Death Year	1839
	Entry	Governor : born March 7, 1754 : son of the first Lord Clive : succeeded his father, 1774 : M.P. for Ludlow : English Peer, 1794 : Governor of Madras, as Lord Clive, Sep. 1799 to Aug. 1803 : thanked by Parliament, 1804, for his services in the Mahratta war : P.C. and created Earl of Powis and Viscount Clive, 1804 : nominated Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but did not take up the appointment : remarkable for his physical vigour : died May 16, 1839.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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