Robert Clive The English soldier and statesman Robert Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), extended British power in India. He checked French aspirations in that area and made possible 200 years of British rule in the Indian subcontinent. Robert Clive was born... more
Clive (Of Plassey), Robert, 1st Baron (born Sept. 29, 1725, Styche, Shropshire, Eng.—died Nov. 22, 1774, London) British soldier and colonial administrator. In 1743 he was sent to Madras (Chennai) for the East India Company, where hostilities between it and the French East India Compan... more
