Margaret Clive
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Margaret Clive, Baroness Clive was a British society figure. She went out to India to meet an admirer and married a military hero. She was in Bengal as their family became incredibly wealthy. When the
Portrait by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, c.1770–74
A miniature of her by John Smart in 1770
Portrait of Robert Clive by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1770
Englefield House
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Englefield House is an Elizabethan country house with surrounding estate at Englefield in the English county of Berkshire. The gardens are open to the public all year round on particular weekdays and
Margaret Clive
…years as the British East India Company consolidated its position in Bengal. Her husband died in 1774. She had to find a home. In 1781 the owner of Englefield House and estate in Berkshire was short of money and decided to rent the house. The rent was set for 400 guineas p.a. but it was let to her for 300 as the…
Englefield House in 2010
Drawing of Englefield House, in Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland by John Preston Neale (1824)