Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Clive, Robert
Clive, Robert, commander-in-chief of the English Forces and governor of Bengal, in the East Indies, created D.C.L. 2 Sep., 1760, the 'heaven-born general' and founder of our Indian Empire, created Baron Clive 1 Dec., 1761, died 22 Nov., 1774. See Foster's Peerage, E. Powis.