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Definition of Baron Clive

1. Noun. British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baron Clive

Literary usage of Baron Clive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1839)
"... of the county of Salop : and at the same period he was Colonel of the Militia of that county. On the 14th Aug. 1791, he was created Baron Clive of ..."

2. The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the by Joseph Haydn (1851)
"... baron Clive (in Ireland), created baron Clive, of Walcot, со. Salop, Aug. 12, 1794; viscount Clive, ..."

3. A Synopsis of the Peerage of England: Exhibiting, Under Alphabetical by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1825)
"I.Edward Clive, 1st Baron Clive in England, and 2d Baron Clive in Ireland, ... Present Earl and Baron Powis, Viscount Clive, Baron Clive, and Baron ..."

4. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"CLIVE, EDWARD, Earl of POWIS, Viscount Clive of Lud- low, Baron Herbert of Cherbury; Baron Clive of Walcot, both in Salop ; and Baron Powis of Powis Castle, ..."

5. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the by John Burke (1832)
"7th March, 1754; s. to the Irish barony, at the decease of his father, 2und November, 1774; created, 13th August, 1794, Baron Clive, of Walcot ..."

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