词条 | Edward Clive (British Army general) |
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| name = Edward Henry Clive | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1837|09|23|df=yes}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|03|01|1837|09|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_place = | allegiance = {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = 1854–1898 | rank = General | unit = | commands = Staff College, Sandhurst Royal Military College, Sandhurst}}General Edward Henry Clive, DL, JP (23 September 1837 – 1 March 1916) was a British soldier and Liberal politician, the son of George Clive and Ann Sybella Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Farquhar, 2nd Baronet.[1] Military careerEducated at Harrow,[2] Clive was commissioned as an ensign in the Rifle Brigade on 18 August 1854[3] and then transferred to the Grenadier Guards as ensign and lieutenant on 8 December that year.[4] He served in the Eastern campaign from 1855 to 1856, after the fall of Sevastopol; this was his only war service.[5] He was appointed an Instructor of Musketry in his regiment on 30 April 1857[6] and purchased his promotion to lieutenant and captain on 17 July.[7] He was promoted to captain and lieutenant-colonel, again by purchase, on 8 March 1864,[8] and on completion of the qualifying period of service was granted brevet rank as colonel on 4 March 1876.[9] He became major in the Grenadier Guards on 11 October 1879[10] and lieutenant-colonel on 7 August 1880,[11] and commanded the regiment from 1880[2] until he was placed on half-pay, 27 July 1885,[12][13] and granted local rank as a brigadier-general while commanding the Brigade of Guards in Cyprus.[14] Clive was appointed Commandant at the Staff College, Sandhurst, on 21 December 1885[15] and was promoted to major-general on 26 December.[16] He became Governor and Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst on 12 August 1888,[17] remaining in that post until 1893.[18] He was promoted lieutenant-general on 1 April 1892[19] and general on 12 January 1898,[20] and retired on 19 December 1898.[21] On 30 December 1906 he was made colonel of the King's (Liverpool Regiment).[22] Political careerClive succeeded his father (who had been unseated on petition) as Member of Parliament for Hereford in 1869, but only held the seat until 1871,[1] when he resigned through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He never returned to the House of Commons. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire[23] and County Mayo, and Justice of the Peace for Herefordshire and County Mayo.[2] FamilyClive married Isabel, daughter of Daniel Hale Webb, in 1867.[1] They had five sons, including Sir Sidney Clive, and four daughters.[1] Clive lived at 25 Ennismore Gardens, SW; at Perrystone Court, Ross; and at Ballycroy, County Mayo. He was a member of the United Service Club and the Travellers' Club.[2] He died in March 1916, aged 78.[1] His wife survived him by six years and died in April 1922.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Profile, ThePeerage.com; accessed May 17, 2016. 2. ^1 2 3 "Clive, Gen. Edward Henry" in Who Was Who, vol. II, p. 206. 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21584|page=2566|date=18 August 1854}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=21638|page=3989|date=8 December 1854}} 5. ^Hart's Army List for 1898, [https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1898lond#page/10/mode/1up p. 10, n. 82]. 6. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=22004|page=1805|date=22 May 1857}} 7. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=22022|page=2478|date=17 July 1857}} 8. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=22829|page=1429|date=8 March 1864}} 9. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=24310|page=2216|date=31 March 1876}} 10. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=24777|page=6186|date=31 October 1879}} 11. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=24876|page=4624|date=24 August 1880}} 12. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=25504|page=3990|date=25 August 1885}} 13. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=25507|page=4132|date=1 September 1885}} 14. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=25502|page=3851|date=18 August 1885}} 15. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=25537|page=5936|date=8 December 1885}} 16. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=25550|page=269|date=19 January 1886}} 17. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=25852|page=4736|date=4 September 1888}} 18. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=26474|page=176|date=9 January 1894}} 19. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=26277|page=2168|date=12 April 1892}} 20. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=26936|page=769|date=8 February 1898}} 21. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=27034|page=8187|date=20 December 1898}} 22. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=27990|page=660|date=29 January 1907}} 23. ^{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=26109|page=6464|date=25 November 1890}}
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