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Robert Clive

1725 - 1774

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Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India Company (EIC) rule in Bengal. He began as a "writer" (the term used then in India for an office clerk) for the EIC in 1744, however after being caught up in military action during the fall of Madras, Clive joined the EIC's private army. Clive rapidly rose through the military ranks of the EIC and was eventually credited with establishing Company rule in Bengal by winning the Battle of Plassey in 1757. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Clive is the 623rd most popular politician (up from 4,303rd in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 876th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Robert Clive ranks 623 out of 19,576. Before him are Menkaure, John, King of Denmark, Idi Amin, John Nance Garner, Alexios I Komnenos, and Stateira II. After him are Moshe Dayan, Taejo of Joseon, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Louis the German, Merneptah, and Albert II of Belgium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, Robert Clive ranks 3. Before him are Giacomo Casanova, and Abdul Hamid I. After him are Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Ahilyabai Holkar, Suzuki Harunobu, Ludovico Manin, Henry Benedict Stuart, Pyotr Rumyantsev, and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1774, Robert Clive ranks 3. Before him are Louis XV of France, and Pope Clement XIV. After him are François Quesnay, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Niccolò Jommelli, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Jacques-François Blondel, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Oliver Goldsmith, and Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Clive ranks 184 out of 8,785. Before him are Aldous Huxley (1894), Robert Brown (1773), Mary Boleyn (1499), Henry Purcell (1659), Betty Williams (1943), and Elton John (1947). After him are Bon Scott (1946), Terry Pratchett (1948), Alan Hodgkin (1914), Alexander R. Todd (1907), George Harrison (1943), and Charles Glover Barkla (1877).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Clive ranks 49. Before him are Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), Neville Chamberlain (1869), Arthur Henderson (1863), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), and Philip Noel-Baker (1889). After him are Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), and Marie of Romania (1875).

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