715 Edward Clive

Constituency : Hereford  1869-71

Edward  was  the  other  new  Liberal  at  Hereford; in  his  case  he  was  replacing  his  ejected father, George.

Edward  served  in  the  Rifle  Brigade  then  the  Grenadier  Guards. He  rose  to  the  rank  of  General.

Edward  seems  to  have  been  a  somewhat  reluctant  MP  and  resigned  his  seat  in  1871. He became  Commandant  of  the  Staff  College  at  Sandhurst  in  1885  then  Governor  of  the  Royal Military  College  from  1888  to  1893.

He  died  in  1916  aged  78.