The Honourable Robert Windsor-Clive was a British Conservative Party politician.
Background
Windsor-Clive was the eldest son of the Honourable Robert Clive, grandson of Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, and great-grandson of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive ("Clive of India"). His mother was Lady Harriett Windsor, daughter of Other Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth.
Education
He was educated at Eton and Street John"s College, Cambridge.
Career
In 1855 the barony of Windsor was called out of abeyance in favour of his mother, who became the thirteenth Baroness Windsor in her own right. Windsor-Clive entered Parliament for Ludlow at the 1852 general election, a seat he held until his resignation in January 1854 to contest a vacancy in Shropshire South. He was elected unopposed, and held the seat until his early death five years later.
He was commissioned Captain in the Worcestershire Yeomary in 1848, then succeeded his father in command as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1854, serving until his death.
Windsor-Clive married Lady Mary Selina Louisa Bridgeman, daughter of George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford, in 1852. He died at 53 Lower Grosvenor Street, London, in August 1859, aged 35, and was buried at Bromfield Parish Church, near Ludlow.
Lady Mary remained a widow until her death in July 1889. In 1905 the earldom of Plymouth was revived in his favour.
Membership
16th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament. 18th United Kingdom Parliament.