General Edward Henry Clive, DL, JP (23 September 1837 – 1 March 1916) was a British soldier and Liberal politician, the son of George Clive and Ann Sybella Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Farquhar, 2nd Baronet.
[5] He was appointed an Instructor of Musketry in his regiment on 30 April 1857[6] and purchased his promotion to lieutenant and captain on 17 July.
[16] He became Governor and Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst on 12 August 1888,[17] remaining in that post until 1893.
[22] Clive succeeded his father (who had been unseated on petition) as Member of Parliament for Hereford in 1869, but only held the seat until 1871,[1] when he resigned through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
[1] They had five sons and four daughters:[1] Clive lived at 25 Ennismore Gardens, SW; at Perrystone Court, Ross; and at Ballycroy, County Mayo.