Lieutenant-Colonel George Herbert Windsor Windsor-Clive (12 March 1835 – 26 April 1918) was a

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politician. Windsor-Clive was the younger son of Robert Henry Clive and a grandson of

Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, (7 March 1754 – 16 May 1839), known as the Lord Clive between 1774 and 1804, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Clive. E ...

, and the great-grandson of

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East ...

("Clive of India"). His mother was Harriet Windsor, 13th Baroness Windsor, daughter of Other Hickman Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth, while Robert Windsor-Clive was his elder brother and

Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth (27 August 1857 – 6 March 1923), known as the 14th Baron Windsor between 1869 and 1905, was a British nobleman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He was the founding Presi ...

, his nephew. He was elected to the

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as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in a by-election in 1860, a seat he held until he retired from

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at the 1885 general election. Windsor-Clive married Gertrude Albertine, daughter of Charles Rodolph Trefusis, 19th

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, in 1876. She died in April 1878. Their son

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succeeded his father as MP for Ludlow. Windsor-Clive remained a widower until his death in April 1918, aged 83.

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Hon. George H.W. Windsor-Clive
, Debrett's Illustrated House of Common, publ. 1867 1835 births 1918 deaths Younger sons of barons Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Shropshire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub