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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Clive | | | First names | Robert | | | Rank/ occupation | Commander in Chief & MP | | | Unit | Bengal | | | Death date | 22 Nov 1774 | | | Place of death | Berkeley Square  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Nov 1774 | | | Page number | 542 | | | Detail | At his house in Berkeley-square, the Right Hon. Robert Lord Clive, of Plassey, in the kingdom of Ireland, Lord Lieutenant and Custor Rotulorum of the counties of Salop and Montgomery, Knight of the Bath, and Major General in the East Indies, Representative in Parliament for the town of Shrewsbury, LL D, and F.R.S. His Lp. had been twice Governor of Bengal, and Commander in Chief of the King's and Company's forces in that province, where his eminent services to this country, and the East India Company, are well known. His Lordship was born on Michaelmas-day, 1725, and married Margaret, the dau. of Edward Maskelyne, Esq. of Purton in the county of Wilts, by whom he had issue, now surviving, Edward (now Lord) Clive, Member for Ludlow; Robert, an infant; and three daughters, Rebecca, Charlotte, (to whom her present Majesty stood godmother) and Margaret. |
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