Jump to content

Robert Clive (diplomat)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BrownHairedGirl (talk | contribs) at 08:20, 2 January 2018 (removed Category:British diplomats -- already in a subcategory (see WP:SUBCAT) of Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Sir Robert Henry Clive GCMG PC (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 William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh. He was educated at Haileybury College and Magdalen College, Oxford.[1]

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

Career

Clive entered the Diplomatic Service in 1902. He was General-Consul for Bavaria between 1923 and 1924 and for Morocco between 1924 and 1926 and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia between 1926 and 1931 and to the Holy See between 1933 and 1934.[1]

In 1935 he was appointed British Ambassador to Japan, a post he held until 1937.[2]

Clive served as British Ambassador to Belgium between 1937 and 1939. Clive was sworn of the Privy Council in 1934 and appointed a GCMG in 1937. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1939.[1]

Later life

Clive died in May 1948, aged 70. Lady Clive died in October 1971, aged 87.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Lundy, Darryl. "Sir Robert Henry Clive, ID#239924". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
  2. ^ Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present, p. 214., p. 214, at Google Books; WorldCat Identities: Clive, Robert Henry Sir

References

Further reading

  • Great Britain. Public Record Office. Foreign Office files for Japan and the Far East. Series one, Embassy and consular archives, Japan (Public Record Office class FO 262). Part 6, Economic and military expansion renewed : withdrawal from the League of Nations, the North China incident, European Crisis and an "open door" in the Far East : (FO 262/1861-1988, 2004-2032, 2036-2039) : detailed correspondence for 1934-1940. ISBN 9781857110517; OCLC 224267234
  • Nish, Ian. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. ISBN 9781901903515; OCLC 249167170
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia
1926–1931 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick
(Chargé d'Affaires)
 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See
1933–1934 		Succeeded by
Preceded by British Ambassador to Japan
1934–1937 		Succeeded by
Preceded by British Ambassador to Belgium
1937–1939 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Clive_(diplomat)&oldid=818218742"