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Definition of Baron clive of plassey
1. Noun. British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774).
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, National Leader, Solon, Statesman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baron Clive Of Plassey
Literary usage of Baron clive of plassey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1839)
"... Viscount Clive of Ludlow, Baron Herbert of Chirbury, and Baron Powis of Powis
Castle (180*), Baron Clive of Walcot (1791), and Baron Clive of Plassey, ..."
2. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and by James William Edmund Doyle (1886)
"Eton; Captain, Salop Regt. of Militia, May 6, 1773; MP, Ludlow, 1774; 1780;
1784; & 1790- 1794; succ. as 2nd Baron CLIVE of Plassey, (in Ireland), Nov. ..."
3. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"... both in Salop ; and Baron Powis of Powis Castle, Montgomery, in the peerage
of the UK; Baron Clive of Plassey in that of Ireland ; [born 7 March, 1754; ..."
4. A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the by John Burke (1832)
"... of Powis Castle, in the county o( Montgomery, in the peerage of the United
Kingdom ; Baron Clive, of Plassey, in tho peerage of Ireland; b. ..."
5. Dictionary of Indian Biography by Charles Edward Buckland (1906)
"... :760—5: made Baron Clive of Plassey in :762: KCB in :764: MP for Shrewsbury:
described as a “heaven-born General”: quarrelled with Sullivan, ..."
6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1849)
".Salop (1794), and third Baron Clive of Plassey, co. Clare (in the peerage of
Ireland) ; KG, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire; LL. ..."
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