Writer, E.I. Co. at Fort St. George 1742; ensign in their military service 1747; returned to civil establishment 1749; re-entered military service with brevet rank of capt. 1751; left for England 23 Mar. 1753; appointed 25 Mar. 1755 to the council of Fort St. George, and dep. gov. of Fort St. David, with rank of lt.-col.; sailed for India 23 Apr. 1755; appointed to command of expedition to recapture Calcutta 21 Sept. 1756; gov. Bengal 1758–60. Having resigned the service sailed for England 21 Feb. 1760, arriving 9 July 1760. Gov. and c.-in-c. Bengal 1764–7, with rank of maj.-gen. in the Company’s service; left England 4 June 1764, arriving Bengal 3 May 1765; left Bengal 29 Jan. 1767, arriving in England 14 July 1767. Ld. lt. Salop, Mont. 1772 – d.
CLIVE, Robert (1725-74)