Edward Henry Clive | |
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Born | 23 September 1837 |
Died | 1 March 1916 | (aged 78)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1854–1898 |
Rank | General |
Commands held |
Staff College, Sandhurst Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
General Edward Henry Clive, DL, JP (23 September 1837 – 1 March 1916) was a British soldier and Liberal politician, the son of George Clive and Ann Sybella Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Farquhar, 2nd Baronet. [1]
Educated at Harrow, [2] Clive was commissioned as an ensign in the Rifle Brigade on 18 August 1854 [3] and then transferred to the Grenadier Guards as ensign and lieutenant on 8 December that year. [4] He served in the Eastern campaign from 1855 to 1856, after the fall of Sevastopol; this was his only war service. [5] He was appointed an Instructor of Musketry in his regiment on 30 April 1857 [6] and purchased his promotion to lieutenant and captain on 17 July. [7] He was promoted to captain and lieutenant-colonel, again by purchase, on 8 March 1864, [8] and on completion of the qualifying period of service was granted brevet rank as colonel on 4 March 1876. [9] He became major in the Grenadier Guards on 11 October 1879 [10] and lieutenant-colonel on 7 August 1880, [11] and commanded the regiment from 1880 [2] until he was placed on half-pay, 27 July 1885, [12] [13] and granted local rank as a brigadier-general while commanding the Brigade of Guards in Cyprus. [14]
Clive was appointed Commandant at the Staff College, Sandhurst, on 21 December 1885 [15] and was promoted to major-general on 26 December. [16] He became Governor and Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst on 12 August 1888, [17] remaining in that post until 1893. [18] He was promoted lieutenant-general on 1 April 1892 [19] and general on 12 January 1898, [20] and retired on 19 December 1898. [21] On 30 December 1906 he was made colonel of the King's (Liverpool Regiment). [22]
Clive succeeded his father (who had been unseated on petition) as Member of Parliament for Hereford in 1869, but only held the seat until 1871, [1] when he resigned through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He never returned to the House of Commons. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire [23] and County Mayo, and Justice of the Peace for Herefordshire and County Mayo. [2]
Clive married in 1867 Isabel Webb, daughter of Daniel Hale Webb. [1] They had five sons and four daughters: [1]
Clive lived at 25 Ennismore Gardens, SW; at Perrystone Court, Ross; and at Ballycroy, County Mayo. He was a member of the United Service Club and the Travellers' Club. [2] He died in March 1916, aged 78. [1] His wife survived him by six years and died in April 1922. [1]