Edward Clive (British Army general)

Edward Henry Clive
Born	(1837-09-23)23 September 1837
Died	1 March 1916(1916-03-01) (aged 78)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	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]

Military career

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]

Political career

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]

Family

Clive married Isabel, daughter of Daniel Hale Webb, in 1867.^[1] They had five sons, including Sir Sidney Clive, 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]

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Clive