Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Robert Clive across 5 places, from 1725 to 1768.
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Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert Clive was documented, and when
29 September 1725exact date
Styche Hallattested“Robert Clive was born at Styche, the Clive family estate, near Market Drayton in Shropshire, on 29 September 1725 to Richard Clive and Rebecca (née Gaskell) Clive.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
29 September 1725exact date
Shropshireattested“Robert Clive was born at Styche, the Clive family estate, near Market Drayton in Shropshire, on 29 September 1725 to Richard Clive and Rebecca (née Gaskell) Clive.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
29 September 1725exact date
Market Draytonattested“Robert Clive was born at Styche, the Clive family estate, near Market Drayton in Shropshire, on 29 September 1725 to Richard Clive and Rebecca (née Gaskell) Clive.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1757year
House of Commons of Great Britainattested“Clive deposed later to the House of Commons that, "to the best of his remembrance, he gave the gentleman who carried it leave to sign his name upon it; his lordship never made any secret of it; he thinks it warrantable in such a case, an…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1768year
Pézenasattested“In 1768, he lived at the Chateau de Larzac in Pézenas, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
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Places Robert Clive is documented in
House of Commons of Great Britain1 presence · 1757
Market Drayton1 presence · 1725
Pézenas1 presence · 1768
Shropshire1 presence · 1725
Styche Hall1 presence · 1725
Other places tied to Robert Clive in the record
In each of these, a source puts Robert Clive and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Robert Clive was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1726year
Battle of Plasseymentioned“Thomas Maunsell (1726–1814), an officer who had fought under Clive at the Battle of Plassey, bought lands near Limerick that he named Plassey, County Limerick.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1726year
Limerickmentioned“Thomas Maunsell (1726–1814), an officer who had fought under Clive at the Battle of Plassey, bought lands near Limerick that he named Plassey, County Limerick.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1740 to 1748period
Satara (city)mentioned“Chanda Sahib had been imprisoned by the Marathas in 1740; by 1748 he had been released from custody and was building an army at Satara.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1744year
Indiamentioned“This became a source of conflict with the British in India with the entry of Britain into the War of the Austrian Succession in 1744.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1745year
Indiamentioned“Hostilities in India began with a British naval attack on a French fleet in 1745, which led the French Governor-General Dupleix to request additional forces.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1750year
Gingeementioned“Nasir Jung came south to Gingee in 1750, where he requested and received a detachment of British troops.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1750year
Bengalmentioned“In 1750 Clive was afflicted with some sort of nervous disorder, and was sent north to Bengal to recuperate.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1750year
Englandmentioned“The British company's military was also in some disarray, as Stringer Lawrence had returned to England in 1750 over a pay dispute, and much of the company was apathetic about the dangers the expanding French influence and declining Briti…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
Arcotmentioned“File:Clive at the siege of Arcot (1751).jpg|Clive at the Siege of Arcot in 1751 File:Plinth of Clive statue London Side 1 Arcot.jpg|Plinth of the statue of Robert Clive, London, created by John Tweed, depicting the Siege of Arcot In the…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1751year
Tiruchirapallimentioned“File:Clive at the siege of Arcot (1751).jpg|Clive at the Siege of Arcot in 1751 File:Plinth of Clive statue London Side 1 Arcot.jpg|Plinth of the statue of Robert Clive, London, created by John Tweed, depicting the Siege of Arcot In the…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
18 February 1753exact date
Madrasmentioned“On 18 February 1753 in Madras, Clive married Margaret Maskelyne (1735–1817), sister of the Rev.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1754year
Madrasmentioned“In 1754, the first of the provisional Carnatic treaties was signed between Thomas Saunders, the Company president at Madras, and Charles Godeheu, the French commander who displaced Dupleix.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
1754 to 1755period
Cornwallmentioned“From 1754 to 1755, Clive briefly sat as Member of Parliament for the "rotten borough" of St Michael's in Cornwall, which then returned two Members.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Clive
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