Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth

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Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth (27 August 1857 – 6 March 1923) was an English nobleman.

The son of Hon. Robert Windsor Clive, Member of Parliament for Salop, and Lady Mary Selina Louisa, daughter of 2nd Earl of Bradford. He was the grandson of Baroness Windsor, whom he succeeded as 14th Baron Windsor in 1869.

He was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire in 1890; High Steward of Cambridge University, 1919; Honorary Colonel of 2nd Glamorganshire Volunteer Artillery, the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment and the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment. He was also Sub-Prior Order of St John of Jerusalem. He held office as Paymaster General from 1890-1892, Mayor of Cardiff from 1895-1896 and First Commissioner of Works from 1902-1905. In 1913 he was responsible for purchasing The Crystal Palace for the nation.

He was created Earl of Plymouth in 1905, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Windsor. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1891, a Companion of the Bath in 1905 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1918. He was at one time Chairman of the Union of Conservative Associations.

In 1913 he hosted the Duke and Duchess of Argyle (sister of the late King Edward VII) at his Worcestershire seat, Hewell Grange. On 23 April 1913, he accompanied the Duke and Duchess to Birmingham. There, he opened the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Ladywood then unveiled the statue to King Edward VII in Victoria Square, Birmingham.

In 1918 he became the first President of the newly formed Birmingham Civic Society.

Political offices
Preceded by Earl of Jersey	Paymaster-General 1890–1892	Succeeded by C. Seale-Hayne
Preceded by Aretas Akers-Douglas	First Commissioner of Works 1902–1905	Succeeded by Lewis Vernon Harcourt
Peerage of England
Preceded by Harriet Windsor	Baron Windsor 1869–1923	Succeeded by Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creations	Earl of Plymouth and Viscount Windsor 1905–1923	Succeeded by Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive