Soldier and administrator. Born Shropshire. With the East India Company he effectively founded the British Empire. Spent much of his adult life in India, making his fortune there and becoming Governor of Bengal. Back at home in Berkeley Square he died by suicide with an overdose of laudanum after being accused of financial irregularities.
He has been accused of actions leading to famines and other atrocities towards native populations.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Robert, Lord Clive, Clive of India
Clive lived here from 1761 until his death, from an overdose of laudanum.
John Tweed was the sculptor of the statue. It was unveiled in 1912 outside Gw...
Born Ipswich. Trained as a barrister. In WW1 he served in the Royal Army Medical Corp and rose to be captain. He was awarded a Military Cross on 3 June 1918. 1929 became a Member of the Corporation...
Belgian soldier in WW1 who died in Britain and was buried in St Mary's Cemetery, NW10.
Alfred Best was born on 20 March 1874, the third of the four children of Robert Best (1848-1918) and Maria Ann Best née Kinshot (1841-1905). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1874 in t...
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
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