Sir Robert Henry Clive (23 December 1877 – 13 May 1948) was a British diplomat.

Early life

Clive was the son of Charles Meysey Bolton Clive and the great-grandson of Edward Clive. His mother was Lady Katherine Elizabeth Mary Julia, daughter of

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. He was educated at

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and

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. Clive married the Hon. Magdalen, daughter of Kenneth Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baron Muir-Mackenzie, in 1905. They had two sons and one daughter.

Career

Clive entered the Diplomatic Service in 1902. He was General-Consul for

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between 1923 and 1924 and for

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between 1924 and 1926 and

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between 1926 and 1931 and to the

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between 1933 and 1934. In 1935 he was appointed

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, a post he held until 1937.Hoare, James. (1999).
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/ref> Clive served as British Ambassador to Belgium between 1937 and 1939. Clive was sworn of the

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in 1934 and appointed a

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in 1937. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1939.

Later life

Clive died in May 1948, aged 70. Lady Clive died in October 1971, aged 87.

Notes

References

* Hoare, James. (1999). ''Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present.'' Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.
OCLC 42645589

External links

* UK in Japan
Chronology of Heads of Mission
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clive, Robert 1877 births 1948 deaths People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Belgium Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iran Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan