Lord Clive, the son of a Shropshire squire, became a soldier and adventurer who rose through the East India Company. He won the key Battle of Plassey against the Nawab of Bengal in 1757. Lord Clive ...

In 1763 returned to India as Governor and Commander-in-Chief Died in tragic but not unexpected circumstances Accused of financial irregularities, CLive, who had a history of trying to take his own ...