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For the first two years of his residence he was miserable. He was homesick; he continually broke through the restraints imposed on young "writers"; and he was rarely out of trouble with his fellows, with one of whom he fought a duel. The effect of the climate on his health began to show itself in those fits of depression during one of which he eventually ended his life. His companions claimed, though he himself never spoke of it, that he twice snapped a pistol at his head in vain. His one solace was found in the governor's library, where he sought ...

Robert Clive was born at Styche, the family estate, in the parish of Moreton Say, Market Drayton, Shropshire. From his second speech in the British House of Commons in 1773, we know that the estate yielded only £500 a year; therefore, his father followed the profession of the law. The Clives, or Clyves, were one of the oldest families in the county of Shropshire, having held the manor of that name in the reign of Henry II. One Clive was Irish chancellor of the exchequer under Henry VIII; another was a member of the Long Parliament; Robert's ...

Robert Clive was born at Styche, the family estate, in the parish of Moreton Say, Market Drayton, Shropshire. From his second speech in the British House of Commons in 1773, the estate yielded only £500 a year; therefore, his father followed the profession of the law. The Clives, or Clyves, were one of the oldest families in the county of Shropshire, having held the manor of that name in the reign of Henry II. One Clive was Irish chancellor of the exchequer under Henry VIII; another was a member of the Long Parliament; Robert's father for m ...

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