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 310 OLIVE — CLOGHER. Licut.-Gov. of Fort St. Davids, and avenged the outrage of " the Black hole of Calcutta " (19 June 1756) by the re-capture of that town, and finally, 23 June 1 707 by the glorious victory at Plnssoy, where, being Commander of the British forces in India, he, with 3.200 men, routed 50,000 foot and 1S,000 horse, and put to death Surajah Dowlah, the perpetrator thereof. In Surajah's room Mir Jaftier was made Nabob of Calcutta, Clive himself being made Governor of the Company's possessions, 175S, when he compelled the Dutch settlers to submit to most, advantageous settle- ments. He resigned in 1700, when he visited England. Here he was received enthusiastically, he was described by Pitt as " a heaven-horn General ;'' was elected II. P. for Shrewsbury 1761 (a scat he retained till his death) and or. D.C.L. of Oxford 2 Sep. 1760; on 15 March 1762, he was cr. BARON CLIVE OF PLASSEY,(») co. Clare [I.]; nom. and iuv. K.B. 24 April 1764, but not installed till 15 June 1772. In 1764, for the second time, he was made Governor and Com.-in-Chief of the English forces at Bengal, to which he returned next year, quelling a most dangerous mutiny, and finally obtaining from the Emperor of Delhi & finnan empowering the East India Company to collect the revenue in Bengal, Behar and Orissa. He resigned 20 Jan. 1767 and returned finally to England, where "his stern repression of abuses and inflexible enforcement of orders "('") had made many, both in the civil service and in the army, to be his enemies. A parliamentary enquiry ensued, lasting two sessiuns and ending in May 1773, wherein, tho' Clive was censured for the large sums he had obtained from Mir Jaffier, his "great and meritorious services" wore acknow- ledged. The anxiety and worry of these proceedings affected his mind and probably caused the tragic termination of his life. He was Lord-Lieut, of the counties Salop and Montgomery; F.R.S., &c. He m., at Madras, 15 March 1753, Margaret, da. oi Edmund MaskKLYHE of Purton, Wilts, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Booth of Woodford. He d. by his own hand, at his house in Berkeley Square, Midi., 22 Nov. 1774 aged (but) 49, and was bur. at Moretou Say, the place of his birth, Will pi-. Dee. 177-1 His widow d. 2S Dec. 1817 iu her S4th year at Oakley Park,!') Salop. Admon. June 1S18. 2 mill J. Edward (Clive), Bakon Clive of PlasSbi [I.], s. andh., 6. 7 March 1754. On 13 Aug. 1704 he was cr. BAROK CLIVE OF WALCOT, co. Salop, anil, having m. 7 May 1784,3 lenrietta Autoilia, sister and h. of George Edward Henry Arthur ( 1 1 kuiikut), 2nd and bust Eajll ok Powis (who d. unm. 16 Jany. 1S01), he was, on 14 May 1804, cr. BAKON POWIS, of Powis Castle, co. Montgomery, BAKON HERBERT OF CHIRBURY.eo. Salop, VISCOUNT CLIVE OF LUDLOW and EARL OF POWIS, in the said co. of Mont- gomery. See "Powis," Earldom of, cr. 1804. CLIVEDON, sco Clyvedon. CLOGHER or CLOUGHER. Terence Lenaugh, was 1578, cr. "BARON OF CLOUGHER, in Ireland.( d ) In the same year (the patent passing the seals in May 1578) he was cr. " EARL OF CLANCONNE1LL, in Ireland." See " Clanconnell," Earldom of [I.], cr. 1578. ( a ) See instances of Peerages taken in commemoration of some battle won abroad, in Vol. i, p. 79, note "a," sub "Amherst." ('') See "Cr.rvE" by Sir A. J. Arbuthnot, in Stephen's " A'al. Biagr." where the able writer points out the extraordinary fact of how few years it took to lay the foundations of the British Indian Empire. Six years from 1747 to Feb. 1753 (during which period Clive twice reverted to civil employment) about four years from Nov. 1755 to Feb. 1760, and finally but 22 months to 1767, so that " Olive's real work in India occupied a little less than ticclvc years." ( c ) This, together with Walcot Hall (long the possession of the Walcot family) also in Salop, was purchased by Lord Clive, as also was Claremont in EBhcr, co. Surrey, about 17C9. where he rebuilt the house at the cost of £100,000. This last was sold after Olive's death. ( J ) " Creations, 1483-1646," in ap. 47th Rep. D.K.P. Keeords. II. 1774. Barony. I. 1794, Viscountcy. I. 1604. Barony [I.] I. 1578.