Antique British Viscount Clive 1839 Commemorative Plate House Of Lords Unmarried

Description

10 1/2" Antique brown & white Staffordshire Plate by J. Clementson, Broad St. Shelton, Staffordshire, England Plate with Thistle border & frolicking doe & stags.
Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis
Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis
Member of the
United Kingdom Parliament
for
North Shropshire
In office
1843–1848
Serving with
William Ormsby-Gore
Preceded by
Hon. Sir Rowland Hill
William Ormsby-Gore
Succeeded by
William Ormsby-Gore
John Whitehall Dod
Personal details
Born
(
1818-11-05
)
5 November 1818
The Angel Hotel,
Pershore
,
Worcestershire
, England
Died
7 May 1891
(1891-05-07)
(aged 72)
Berkeley Square
,
Mayfair
,
London
, England
Resting place
St Mary's Church,
Welshpool
, Wales
Political party
Conversative
Father
Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
Relatives
Percy Egerton Herbert
(brother)
Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis
(5 November 1818 – 7 May 1891), styled
Viscount Clive
between 1839 and 1848, was a British peer and politician.
Background
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]
Powis was born at The Angel Hotel,
Pershore
,
Worcestershire
,
[1]
the eldest son of
Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis
, and
Lady Lucy
, daughter of
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
. The Hon.
Sir Percy Egerton Herbert
was his younger brother and also a Member of Parliament.
Education
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]
He was educated at
Eton College
and
St John's College, Cambridge
, where he was president of the
University Pitt Club
,
[2]
and he graduated as
MA
in 1840 and
LLD
in 1848. He was also awarded an honorary degree as
DCL
by
Oxford University
.
[3]
He was later appointed High Steward of Cambridge University in 1863.
[3]
He was also President of the
Powysland Club
, founded in 1867, dedicated to the study of Montgomeryshire's history and other aspects of the county.
[4]
Political career
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1876
Vanity Fair
caricature of the Earl of Powis by
Spy
.
Powis was returned to Parliament as one of two MPs for
Shropshire North
in 1843, a seat he held until 1848, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the
House of Lords
.
Paternally great-grandson of
Clive of India
and grandson of a former
Governor of Madras
(
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
), the Earl was offered the
Viceroyalty of India
by then Prime Minister
Disraeli
in 1875, when aged 67, but declined, fearing his health
"would not be suited to the rigours of the tropical climate"
. On the preserved envelope of the letter he scrawled,
"Not worth considering - Powis."
[5]
From the formation of
County Councils
in 1889, he was County Alderman for Shropshire and County Councillor for Montgomeryshire.
[6]
He also served as
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
from 1877 to 1891, and was
J.P.
for the counties of Shropshire and
Herefordshire
.
[6]
Military service
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]
Powis (then Viscount Clive) was commissioned a cornet in the South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry in 1840, and was captain by his father's death in 1848, when he succeeded him as colonel commanding the regiment. He remained in command until resigning in 1871, aged 63.
[7]
Business Interests
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Powis was chairman of the
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company
and of Welshpool Gas Company, who provided gas-lighting in Welshpool town.
Lord Powis died at his London home at 45
Berkeley Square
,
Mayfair
, in May 1891, aged 72, and was buried at St Mary's Church,
Welshpool
.
[8]
He was unmarried and was succeeded in the earldom by his nephew,
George
.
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