Robert Clive (diplomat)

The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Clive
GCMG
British Ambassador to Belgium and Minister to Luxembourg
In office
1937–1939
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded bySir Esmond Ovey
Succeeded bySir Lancelot Oliphant (as Ambassador to Belgium)
Nigel Watson (as Chargé d'affaires to Luxembourg)
British Ambassador to Japan
In office
1934–1937
MonarchsGeorge V
Edward VIII
George VI
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Preceded bySir Francis Oswald Lindley
Succeeded bySir Robert Craigie
Personal details
Born(1877-12-23)23 December 1877
Died13 May 1948(1948-05-13) (aged 70)
Children3
RelativesWilliam Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh (grandfather)
Edward Clive (great-grandfather)
EducationHaileybury College
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationDiplomat

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 Kathleen Elizabeth Mary Julia, daughter of William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh. He was educated at Haileybury College and Magdalen College, Oxford.[1]

Career

Clive entered the Diplomatic Service in 1902. He was General-Consul for Bavaria between 1923[2] and 1924 and for Morocco between 1924[3] and 1926 and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia between 1926[4] and 1931 and to the Holy See between 1933 and 1934.[1]

In 1934 he was appointed British Ambassador to Japan, a post he held until 1937.[5]

Clive served as British Ambassador to Belgium between 1937 and 1939.

Clive was appointed a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1919 Birthday Honours, while he was First Secretary in Stockholm,[6] promoted to Knight Commander of the order (KCMG) in the 1927 New Year Honours[7] and again to Knight Grand Cross of the order (GCMG) in the 1936 New Year Honours.[8] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1934[9] and He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1939.[1]

Personal life

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

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.
  2. ^ "No. 32871". The London Gazette. 16 October 1923. p. 6964.
  3. ^ "No. 33069". The London Gazette. 24 July 1925. p. 4951.
  4. ^ "No. 14294". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 December 1926. p. 1383.
  5. ^ 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, at Google Books; WorldCat Identities: Clive, Robert Henry Sir
  6. ^ "No. 31379". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 7048.
  7. ^ "No. 33235". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1926. p. 5.
  8. ^ "No. 15241". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 January 1936. p. 18.
  9. ^ "No. 34050". The London Gazette. 15 May 1934. p. 3111.

References

  • Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. ISBN 9780700705122; OCLC 42645589

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
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