Quotes About Robert Clive

Not long after his return to England, on 22 November 1774, at the age of only forty-nine, Robert Clive committed suicide in his townhouse in Berkeley Square.

By God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own modesty.

By God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!

On 23 June 1757, marching through a drenching rainfall at the head of 900 Englishmen of the 39th Foot and 2000 Indian sepoys, an audacious general named Robert Clive routed the army of a troublesome Nawab in the rice paddies outside a Bengali village called Plassey.