The Right Honourable The Earl of Powis KG |
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Powis in 1845, portrait by Francis Grant
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Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire | |
In office 1830–1848 |
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Monarch |
William IV Victoria |
Preceded by | The Earl of Powis |
Succeeded by | The Lord Sudeley |
Member of Parliament for Ludlow | |
In office 1806–1839 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 22 March 1785 |
Died | 17 January 1848 | (aged 62)
Political party | Tory |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis KG (22 March 1785 – 17 January 1848), styled Viscount Clive between 1804 and 1839, was a British peer and Tory politician. He was the son of Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, and his wife Henrietta née Herbert.
He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, graduating as M.A. in 1806 and being awarded LL.D. by the same university in 1835. He also became an honorary D.C.L. from Oxford University in 1844, the year he also became a Knight of the Garter
After 1804, when his father was created Earl of Powis, he was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Clive, his father's second title. In 1806, he became a Member of Parliament for Ludlow, retaining the seat until he inherited the earldom and entered the House of Lords. He was also heir to his uncle George Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, who had died unmarried in 1801, and inherited the Powis Castle estates on condition that he assume the name and arms of Herbert only in lieu of those of Clive, which he did by Royal licence on 9 March 1807; other conditions were that he should settle his uncle's large gambling debts and that his father should leave the Clive estates to his younger son, the Hon. Robert Henry Clive.