Robert Clive - Shropshire's Empire Builder Part 3
to by the actions of his family who transport the body back to Shropshire and bury it with no ceremony of any kind. Indeed it is not until many years later that his final resting place is discovered in the small church in Morton Say and a simple plaque erected stating:
Sacred to the Memory of Robert Lord Clive KB Buried within the walls of this church Born Sep 29 1725 Died Nov 22 1774 Primus in Indis
LINKS
Commons speech in 1772 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1772c...
Letter from Clive to Pitt the Elder http://www.humanities.ccny.cuny.edu/hist...
Short Bio and link to Plassey http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/His...
Short piece on Plassey http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/His...
story about Clive's lost treasure http://www.divernet.com/wrecks/unesco109...
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