Henry Vansittart
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Henry Vansittart was an English colonial administrator, who was the Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Robert Clive
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Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India
Henry Vansittart
…service of the East India Company as a writer and sailed for Fort St David in Madras. Here he showed himself very industrious, made the acquaintance of Robert Clive and rose rapidly from one position to another, although he spent three years back in England from 1751. He returned to India in 1754 and became a member…
Robert Clive in the dress uniform of a British officer (c. 1770s). Although Clive never held a commission in the British Army, officers of the Bengal Army, which was part of the East India Company Armies, wore similar uniforms.
St Mary's Church, Market Drayton, whose tower Clive is reputed to have climbed
Clive House at Fort St. George, Chennai
Plaque at Clive House