Background
Clive was the son of General Edward Clive and Isabel Webb and he was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
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Sidney Clive
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Education
He attended Staff College, Camberley in 1903 and became a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1905.
Career
Clive was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1893, and promoted to Lieutenant on 26 October 1897. He took part in the military expedition to the Sudan in 1898, and was promoted to Captain on 28 January 1900, during a temporary appointment as Adjutant of his battalion (19 January - 24 March 1900). Clive also received several decorations from France, Belgium and Russia.
After the War, in 1919, Clive was appointed Military Governor of Cologne and from 1919 to 1920, he was Commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade at Aldershot (as a temporary Brigadier).
He was appointed British Military Representative to the Armaments Commission of the League of Nations in Geneva in 1921 and became Military attaché in Paris in 1924 and became a Major-General in the same year. He was appointed Director of Personal Services at the War Office in 1928 and Military Secretary in 1930.
He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in 1933. Clive retired from the army in 1934, as a Lieutenant General, and served as Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps between 1934 and 1946 and as High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1939.
Clive was a Justice of the Peace and the Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire.
He died on 7 October 1959 in a disastrous fire at the family home, Perrystone Court, near Ross-on-Wye.
Achievements
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Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (1937) Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (1933) Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (1919) Distinguished Service Order Croix de Guerre (France) Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Order of Saint Stanislaus with swords (Russia).
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Born
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Died
October 7, 1959 (aged 85) -
Nationality
United Kingdom
Awards
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Distinguished Service Order; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Legion of Honour; Commander of the Order of the Crown; Distinguished Service Order; Royal Victorian Order; Grand Cross; Croix de GuerreDistinguished Service Order; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Legion of Honour; Commander of the Order of the Crown; Distinguished Service Order; Royal Victorian Order; Grand Cross; Croix de Guerre