George Clive DL

Deputy Lieutenant

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 JP

Justice of the Peace

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 (October 1805 – 8 June 1880) was a British barrister, magistrate and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician.

Background and education

A member of the Clive (now Herbert) family headed by the Earl of Powis

Earl of Powis

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, George Clive was the son of Edward Clive

Edward Clive (d. 1845)

Edward Bolton Clive was a British Whig politician.-Background:Clive was the son of George Clive and Sidney, daughter of Thomas Bolton.-Political career:...

 and great-grandson of Reverend Benjamin Clive, uncle of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive

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 ("Clive of India"). His mother was the Hon. Harriett, daughter of Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer

Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer

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. He was educated at Harrow

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 and Brasenose College, Oxford

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, and was called to the Bar

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, Lincoln's Inn

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, in 1830.

Legal career

Clive was a Police Magistrate of London between 1839 and 1847 and a Judge of Southwark

Southwark

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 between 1847 and 1857. From 1857 to 1870 he was a Recorder

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 of Wokingham

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.

Political career

Clive entered Parliament for Hereford

Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1857, a seat he held until 1868 and again between 1874 and 1880. He served under Lord Palmerston

Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

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 as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

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 from 1859 to 1862.

Family

Clive married Ann Sybella Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, in 1835. They had several children, including General Edward Clive, father of Sir Sidney Clive. He died in June 1880, aged 74. His wife remained a widow until her death in February 1907.

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