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326 CLIVE ceedings afFected his mind and probably caused the tragic end of his life. F.R.S. 24 Nov. 1768; Lord Lieut, of cos. Salop and Montgomery 1772 till his death. He m., at Madras, 15 Mar. 1753, Margaret, da. of Edmund Maskelyne, of Purton, Wilts, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Booth, of Woodford. He d. by his own hand, at his house in Berkeley Sq., Midx., 22 Nov. 1774, aged (but) 49, and was bur. at Moreton-Say, the place of his birth. Will pr. Dec. 1774. His widow d. 2% Dec. 1817, in her 84th year, at Oakley Park,(*) Salop. Admon. June 181 8. n. 1774. 2 and I. Edward (Clive), Baron Clive OF Plassey [I.], s. and h., b. 7 Mar. 1754. On 13 Aug. 1794 he BARONY. was cr. BARON CLIVE OF WALCOt, co. Salop, and, T having m., 7 May 1784, Henrietta Antonia, sister and h. '"■^' of George Edward Henry Arthur (Herbert), 2nd and VT^roTTMTrY last Earl OF Powis (who d'. unm. 16 Jan. I 801), he was, viauuuiNit^i. ^^^ i4Mayi8o4,fr. BARON POWIS, of Powis Castle, I. 1804. CO. Montgomery, BARON HERBERT OF CHIR- BURY, CO. Salop, VISCOUNT CLIVE OF LUD- LOW and EARL OF POWIS, in the said co. of Montgomery. See " Powis," Earldom of, cr. i 804. CLIVEDONC) I. Raymond de Clivedon,() of Kenn and Hewish, Somerset.('^) He was sum. cum equis et armis 15 May (1297) 25 Edw. I, and to attend the King wherever he might be, 8 June (1294) 22 Edw. I, by writs directed Reymundo de Clivedon or Clyvedon, but this latter writ does not appear to have been a summons to Parl.(°) He d. s.p. or s.pjn. before 1303.0 by their stern, dauntless, and commanding expression, he was fond of rich and gay clothing, and replenished his wardrobe with absurd profusion." As to his love for "his black jagueer," see some satirical verses in vol. i, Appendix H. In 1773 he and some woman appear, "Baron Jaghire and Miss Fanny Ch . . n," in the notorious tete-a-tete portraits in Town and Country Mag., for an account of which see Appendix B in the last volume of this work. V.G. {^) This, together with Walcot Hall (long the possession of the Walcot family), also in Salop, was purchased by Lord Clive, as also was Claremont in Esher, Surrey, about 1769, where he rebuilt the house at the cost of ^100,000. This last was sold after Clive's death. () This article has kindly been contributed by G. W. Watson. V.G. i^) His arms were, Or, a lion rampant, Sable. (^) He held 2 knights' fees in Kenn, Wemerham, Hewish, Langford, Beral, and Stratton, in Winterstoke hundred, Som3rset. («) As to this writ see Preface. V.G. (*) Feudal Aids, vol. iv, p. 3 07.