We visit the UK! Walked past this statue of a chap called Clive. Had no idea who he was (didn't study British history) but I made a short video anyway. Came back home to do the research and learnt a few things from this website - [ Ссылка ]

Robert Clive: The nabob general

A courageous, resourceful and ruthless military commander, Major-General Robert Clive helped secure an Indian empire for Britain. He eventually became an imperial statesman, but also a greedy speculator who used his political and military influence to amass a fortune.

Clive started his career as a clerk in the East India Company (Madras), and then became a General leading troops. No idea how that happened. This quote from British Prime Minister Pitt the Elder (1757) says is all:

‘We had lost our glory, honour, and reputation everywhere but India: there the country had a heaven-born general, who had never learned the art of war, nor was his name enrolled among the great officers who had for many years received their country’s pay; yet was he not afraid to attack a numerous army with a handful of men.’ - Prime Minister Pitt the Elder, 1757

Suicide
Although he later attempted to reform the Bengal administration and reduce corruption, Clive was subjected to further political attacks on his return home in 1767.

General John Burgoyne, Edmund Burke and other MPs accused him of running a corrupt administration, to which he responded: ‘I stand astonished at my own moderation.’

Despite a ringing Parliamentary resolution in his favour, a combination of illness and depression probably led him to take his own life on 24 November 1774. When he died, his fortune was worth about £500,000 (around £33 million today).

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