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CLIVE, Robert (1725-74), of Styche Hall, nr. Market Drayton, Salop; subsequently of Walcot Park, Salop; Claremont, Surr.; and Oakley Park, Salop

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b. 29 Sept. 1725, 1st s. of Richard Clive. educ. Lostock, Cheshire; Market Drayton; Merchant Taylors’, London; Hemel Hempstead, Herts. m. 18 Feb. 1753, at Fort St. George, Margaret, da. of Edmund Maskelyne, 2s. 2da. cr. Baron Clive of Plassey [I] 15 Mar. 1762; K.B. 24 Apr. 1764.
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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.

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CLIVE, Robert (1725-74), of Styche Hall, nr. Market Drayton, Salop; subsequently of Walcot Park, Salop; Claremont, Surr.; and Oakley Park, Salop
Main residences: Styche Hall, nr. Market Drayton, Salop; subsequently of Walcot Park, Salop; Claremont, Surr.; Oakley Park, Salop.
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CLAYTON, Robert (?1740-99), of Marden, Surr.

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b. ?1740 A State of the Dispute between Sir R. Clayton Bt ... and J. Kenrick Esq. relative to ... Bletchingley, 17. 1st s. of Sir Kenrick Clayton, 2nd Bt.. educ. poss. Eton 1753-8; Clare, Camb. 1758. m. 1 June 1767, Mary, da. of Frederick Standert, s.p. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 10 Mar. 1769.
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CLAYTON, Robert (?1740-99), of Marden, Surr.
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CLAYTON, William (c.1718-83), of Harleyford, nr. Great Marlow, Bucks.

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b. c. 1718, 2nd s. of Sir William Clayton, 1st. Bt., M.P., and bro. of Sir Kenrick, 2nd Bt. educ. M. Temple 1737. m. (1) 30 May 1745, Mary (d. 2 Jan. 1760), da. of John Warde of Squerryes, Kent, 1da.; (2) 3 May 1761, Caroline Mary (d. Dec. 1763), da. and coh. of Rice Lloyd of Alltycadno and Gwaelod-y-maes, Carm., 1s. 1da.; (3) 24 Sept. 1767, Lady Louisa Fermor, da. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Pomfret, 1s.
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CLAYTON, William (c.1718-83), of Harleyford, nr. Great Marlow, Bucks.
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CLAYTON, William (1762-1834), of Harleyford, nr. Great Marlow, Bucks.

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b. 16 Apr. 1762, 1st s. of William Clayton by his 2nd w. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1780. m. 16 July 1785, Mary, da. of Sir William East, 1st Bt., of Hall Place, Berks., 5s. 2da. suc. fa. 3 July 1783 and cos. Sir Robert Clayton as 4th Bt. 10 May 1799.
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CLAYTON, William (1762-1834), of Harleyford, nr. Great Marlow, Bucks.
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