Sidney Clive

Sir Sidney Clive
Born	16 July 1874
Died	7 October 1959 (aged 85)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1893–1934
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Mahdist War Second Boer War First World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

Lieutenant-General Sir George Sidney Clive, GCVO KCB CMG DSO DL JP (16 July 1874 – 7 October 1959) was a British Army officer who subsequently became Military Secretary.

Clive was the son of General Edward Clive and Isabel Webb and he was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,

Clive was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1893, and promoted to Lieutenant on 26 October 1897. He took part in the military expedition to the Sudan in 1898, and was promoted to Captain on 28 January 1900, during a temporary appointment as Adjutant of his battalion (19 January - 24 March 1900). He fought in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). He attended Staff College, Camberley in 1903 and became a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1905.