The title of Earl of Powis has been created several times in British history. The first was in 1674 in the Peerage of England. In 1687 the 1st Earl was raised to become Marquess of Powis, but both titles became extinct in 1748. The title was created again in 1748 in the Peerage of Great Britain, for the husband of the last holder's niece, but became extinct in 1801. It was created a final time in 1804 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, for the brother_in_law of the last holder, and this creation is still extant.
The present Earl of Powis bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Clive (1804), Baron Powis (1804) and Baron Herbert of Chirbury and Ludlow (1804) in the Peerage of the UK, Baron Clive of Walcot (1794) in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Baron Clive of Plassey (1762) in the Peerage of Ireland.
ROBERT CLIVECLIVE, Baron (1725-1774), the statesman and general who founded the empire of British India, was born on the 29th of September 1725 at Styche, the family estate, in the parish of Moreton Say, Market Drayton, Shropshire.
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.
Clive told him, in reply, with characteristic haughtiness, that his father was a usurper, that his army was a rabble, and that he would do well to think twice before he sent such poltroons into a breach defended by English soldiers.
Clive eventually escaped and accepted a commission in the British army in 1747 as an ensign.
With the French out of the way, Clive promptly broke the peace with the nawab and on June 23, 1757, with less than 3000 troops and with the assistance of a traitor within the enemy ranks, defeated Siraj-ud-Dawlah and his army of 50,000 men at Plassey; this victory permanently embedded British power in India.
Baron von Steuben teaches troops the essentials of military discipline.
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