- Member of Parliament for South Shropshire
Hon. MP Robert Windsor-Clive was born 24 May 1824 in England, United Kingdom to Robert Henry Clive (1789-1854) and Harriett Windsor (1797-1869) and died 4 August 1859 53 Lower Grosvenor Street, Greater London, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Mary Selena Louisa Bridgeman (1829-1889) 1852 in Weston Under Lizard, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
Windsor-Clive was the eldest son of Robert Clive, grandson of Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, and great-grandson of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive ("Clive of India"). His mother was Lady Harriett Windsor, daughter of Other Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] In 1855 the barony of Windsor was called out of abeyance in favour of his mother, who became the thirteenth Baroness Windsor in her own right. His younger brother George Windsor-Clive was also a politician.
Career
Windsor-Clive entered Parliament for Ludlow at the 1852 general election,[2] a seat he held until his resignation in January 1854[3] to contest a vacancy in Shropshire South. He was elected unopposed, and held the seat until his early death five years later.[4]
He was commissioned Captain in the Worcestershire Yeomary in 1848, then succeeded his father in command as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1854, serving until his death.[5]
Family
Windsor-Clive married Lady Mary Selina Louisa Bridgeman, daughter of George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford, in 1852. They had one son and three daughters. He died at 53 Lower Grosvenor Street, London,[1] in August 1859, aged 35, and was buried at Bromfield Parish Church, near Ludlow.[5] Lady Mary remained a widow until her death in July 1889. Their son Robert succeeded his grandmother as Baron Windsor in 1869. In 1905 the earldom of Plymouth was revived in his favour.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Georgina Harriet Charlotte Windsor-Clive (1853-1924) | |||
Henrietta Lucy Windsor-Clive (1855-1922) | |||
Mary Agnes Windsor-Clive (1856-1904) | |||
Robert George Windsor-Clive (1857-1923) | 27 August 1857 John Street, Berkeley Square, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 6 March 1923 Great Cumberland Place, Marylebone, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | Alberta Victoria Sarah Caroline Paget (1863-1944) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Henrietta Sarah Windsor-Clive (1820-1899) | |||
Charlotte Mary Florenta Windsor-Clive (1824-1859) | |||
Robert Windsor-Clive (1824-1859) | 24 May 1824 England, United Kingdom | 4 August 1859 53 Lower Grosvenor Street, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | Mary Selena Louisa Bridgeman (1829-1889) |
Mary Windsor-Clive (1829-1873) | |||
Herbert Edward Windsor-Clive (1830-1833) | |||
George Herbert Winston Windsor-Clive (1835-1918) | |||
William Windsor-Clive (1837-) | |||
Victoria Alexandrina Windsor-Clive (1840-) |
Residences
See Also
- Robert Windsor
- Windsor Family
- Windsor in Shropshire
- Earl of Plymouth
- Windsor Family Ancestry
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Robert Windsor-Clive (MP)
- Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive at thePeerage
- Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive, History of Parliament Online, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/clive-robert-1789-1854, retrieved 01 Jan 2024
- Robert Windsor-Clive, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Windsor-Clive/6000000001877548105, retrieved 01 Jan 2024
- Robert Windsor-Clive at Find A Grave
Peerage Succession Chart
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Henry Bayley Clive Henry Salwey |
Member of Parliament for Ludlow 1852–1854 With: Lord William Powlett |
Succeeded by Lord William Powlett Percy Egerton Herbert |
Preceded by Robert Clive Viscount Newport |
Member of Parliament for Shropshire South 1854–1859 With: Viscount Newport |
Succeeded by Viscount Newport Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bt |
References
- ^ a b "Clive, Robert (CLV842R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=&suro=c&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=%22CLV842R%22&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 193. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850". House of Commons Library. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ Craig, op. cit., page 448
- ^ a b The Complete Peerage, Volume XII, Part II. St Catherine's Press. 1959. p. 801.