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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Clavering    
First Name(s)  Sir John    
Year of Birth  1722    
Year of Death  1777    
Entry  Son of Sir James Clavering : born in 1722 : entered the Guards, was Brig- General in the attack on Guadaloupe in 1759 : Horace Walpole wrote ""Clavering was the real hero of Guadaloupe. He has come home covered with more laurels than a boar's head "" ; he was sent to Hesse-Cassel in 1760 : became Lt-General in 1770 : in 1774 went to India : C. in C. in India and one of the four Members of the Supreme Council under the Regulating Act of 1773 : lived at Calcutta in Mission Row : he, Francis, and Monson opposed Warren Hastings and Barwell in the Supreme Council. He was made K.B. on Nov. 9, 1776 : he fought, in April, 1775: a duel with Barwell : he supported Nuncomar in his charges against Warren Hastings. When Warren Hastings' resignation was tendered by his agent in England �but repudiated in India by Hastings� Clavering claimed to be Governor-General, but his claim was rejected by the Supreme Court. Clavering died Aug. 30, 1777-     
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