Robert Windsor-Clive (MP)
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The Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive (24 May 1824 – 4 August 1859)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
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.[2] 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,[3] a seat he held until his resignation in January 1854[4] to contest a vacancy in Shropshire South. He was elected unopposed, and held the seat until his early death five years later.[5]
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.[6]