Robert Clive (diplomat)
Sir Robert Henry Clive GCMG PC (23 December 1877 – 13 May 1948) was a British diplomat.
Sir Robert Clive GCMG PC | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to Belgium and Minister to Luxembourg | |
| In office 1937–1939 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Sir Esmond Ovey |
| Succeeded by | Sir Lancelot Oliphant (as Ambassador to Belgium) Nigel Watson (as Chargé d'affaires to Luxembourg) |
| British Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office 1934–1937 | |
| Monarch | George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Sir Francis Oswald Lindley |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robert Craigie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1877 |
| Died | 13 May 1948 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh (grandfather) Edward Clive (great-grandfather) |
| Education | Haileybury College |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Early life
Clive was the son of Charles Meysey Bolton Clive and the great-grandson of Edward Clive. His mother was Lady Katherine Elizabeth Mary Julia, daughter of William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh. He was educated at Haileybury College and Magdalen College, Oxford.[1]
Clive married the Hon. Magdalen, daughter of Kenneth Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baron Muir-Mackenzie, in 1905. They had two sons and one daughter.[1]
Career
Clive entered the Diplomatic Service in 1902. He was General-Consul for Bavaria between 1923 and 1924 and for Morocco between 1924 and 1926 and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia between 1926 and 1931 and to the Holy See between 1933 and 1934.[1]
In 1935 he was appointed British Ambassador to Japan, a post he held until 1937.[2]
Clive served as British Ambassador to Belgium between 1937 and 1939. Clive was sworn of the Privy Council in 1934 and appointed a GCMG in 1937. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1939.[1]
Later life
Clive died in May 1948, aged 70. Lady Clive died in October 1971, aged 87.[1]
See also
- List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Iran
- List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the Holy See
- List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Japan
- List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Belgium
- Anglo-Japanese relations
Notes
- Lundy, Darryl. "Sir Robert Henry Clive, ID#239924". The Peerage.
- 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., p. 214, at Google Books; WorldCat Identities: Clive, Robert Henry Sir
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
External links
- UK in Japan, Chronology of Heads of Mission
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Percy Loraine, Bt |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia 1926–1931 |
Succeeded by Sir Reginald Hoare |
| Preceded by Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick (Chargé d'Affaires) |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See 1933–1934 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Wingfield |
| Preceded by Sir Francis Lindley |
British Ambassador to Japan 1934–1937 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Craigie |
| Preceded by Sir Esmond Ovey |
British Ambassador to Belgium 1937–1939 |
Succeeded by Sir Lancelot Oliphant |
