Was renamed Owen house, after the poet and soldier Wilfred Owen who was born near Oswestry in Shropshire
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Robert Clive
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, 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 India Company (EIC) rule in Bengal.
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politics · British military officer (1725–1774) · politician · military officer · soldier · military personnel · also Robert Clive, Robert Clive, Baron Clive, Baron Robert Clive, Robert, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey Clive, Clive of India, Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
Born 25 September 1725 · Died 22 November 1774 · Q162296
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2020· 1 entry
Haberdashers' Adams school in Newport, Shropshire announced that Clive House was to be renamed "Owen House" (after the Shropshire poet Wilfred Owen)
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2018· 1 entry
Alt News rated the claim “Robert Clive said Indians celebrated British victory in 'colonial war'” False.
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1998· 1 entry
Illegally salvaged coins from Clive's treasure chest were offered for sale, and in 2002 a portion of the coins were given to the South African government after protracted legal wrangling
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1970· 1 entry
These lands were acquired by a precursor of the University of Limerick, whose main administrative centre is now Plassey House
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1854· 1 entry
The West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway was opened on 10 June 1854 to cope with crowds visiting the Crystal Palace
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1774· 2 entries
Died 1774-11-22.
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“Leave me my honour, take away my fortune.”
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1773· 1 entry
Career landmark: Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (1773–1774).
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1772· 1 entry
Career landmark: Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire (1772–1774).
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1725· 1 entry
Born 1725-09-25.
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