Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Powis
PC
The Right Honourable The Earl of Powis PC
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
	In office; 21 November 1805 – 12 March 1806
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	The Earl of Hardwicke
Succeeded by	The Duke of Bedford
Personal details
Born	7 March 1754; Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, England
Died	16 May 1839 (aged 85); 45 Berkeley Square, London, England
Resting place	Bromfield Parish Church
Spouse	Lady Henrietta Herbert (m. 1784; died 1830)
Children	Lady Henrietta Williams-Wynn; Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis; Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland; Robert Clive;
Parent(s)	Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive; Margaret Maskelyne
Alma mater	Eton College; Christ Church, Oxford

Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, PC (7 March 1754 – 16 May 1839), known as the Lord Clive between 1774 and 1804, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Clive.

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