Lord Robert Clive

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:colonial_administrator
British officer
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkbp:birthDate 1725-09-29
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Robert_Clive
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Styche_Hall,_Shropshire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St_Margaret's_Church,_Moreton_Say,_Shropshire
gptkbp:causeOfDeath suicide
gptkbp:children gptkb:Elizabeth_Clive
gptkb:Charlotte_Clive
gptkb:Edward_Clive
gptkb:Rebecca_Clive
gptkb:Margaret_Clive
gptkbp:deathDate 1774-11-22
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Merchant_Taylors'_School
gptkbp:employer gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Bengal_Presidency
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord Robert Clive
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Battle_of_Plassey
establishing British rule in India
gptkbp:legacy controversial figure in British and Indian history
credited with laying the foundation of British rule in India
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Shrewsbury
gptkbp:militaryRank Major-General
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Clive_of_India
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Siege_of_Trichinopoly
gptkb:Battle_of_Arcot_(1751)
gptkb:Battle_of_Plassey_(1757)
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Rebecca_Gaskell
Richard Clive
gptkbp:portrait Nathaniel Dance-Holland
gptkbp:signature Robert Clive signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Maskelyne
gptkbp:termAsMP 1761–1774
gptkbp:termEnd 1760
1767
gptkbp:termStart 1757
1765
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Clive
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Anglo-Mysore_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6