[1] In 1741, he was returned to Parliament for the constituency of St. Michael's, although there is no record of him making any speeches while an MP.
In January 1753, after the death of Sir Thomas Burnet, Clive was transferred to the Court of Common Pleas, and on 9 February, knighted.
He retired in February 1770 with a pension of £1,200 a year and was succeeded by Sir William Blackstone.
Benjamin Clive, who died in Wormbridge, Treville, Herefordshire, on 20 August 1796.
[1] As he had no children by either marriage, he left the Wormbridge estate to the great-grandson of his eldest uncle, Robert Clive.