| LC control no. | nb2014011841 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Powis, Edward Clive, Earl of, 1754-1839 |
| Variant(s) | Clive, Edward, Earl of Powis, 1754-1839 |
| Associated country | Great Britain India |
| Associated place | Ludlow (England) Shrewsbury (England) Shropshire (England) Montgomeryshire (Wales) |
| Located | Madras (India : Presidency) |
| Birth date | 17540307 |
| Death date | 18390516 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Politics, Practical Colonies--Administration |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Politicians Colonial administrators Governors Nobility |
| Found in | A view of the government house and council chamber, Madras, [January 19 1807]: print, recto (Right Honble Edward Clive Earl of Powis, Late Governor of Fort St George in the East Indies) Oxford DNB online, 23 May 2014 (Edward Clive, first earl of Powis, administrator in India; born 7 March 1754 in London; MP for Ludlow between 1774 and 1794, served as lord lieutenant of Shropshire from 1775 to 1798 and from 1804 to 1839 and of Montgomeryshire between 1804 and 1830, and was recorder of Shrewsbury and Ludlow; appointed to the governorship of Madras in 1797 and took up the post in August 1798; created earl of Powis of the third creation on 14 May 1804; died 16 May 1839 in London) |
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