Robert Clive (1789–1854)

The Hon. Robert Henry Clive (15 January 1789 – 20 January 1854) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Clive was born in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square, London, a younger son of Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, son of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive ("Clive of India"). His mother was Lady Henrietta, daughter of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis. Edward Herbert (ne Clive), 2nd Earl of Powis, was his elder brother. He was educated at Eton College and was at St John's College, Cambridge from 1807 to 1809, when he graduated M.A.. He was awarded an honorary LL.D. in 1835.

Clive sat as Member of Parliament for Ludlow from 1818 to 1832 (alongside his brother, then known as Viscount Clive) and for Shropshire South from 1832 to 1854.

An agricultural landowner in Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Wales, he was an advocate of the abolition of the Corn Laws during Sir Robert Peel's administration. He was appointed to the commission investigating the Rebecca Riots in south Wales in October 1843.

He was also a DL and JP for the county of Shropshire and JP for Worcestershire.

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