Lieutenant-General Sir George Sidney Clive, GCVO KCB CMG DSO DL JP (16 July 1874 – 7 October 1959) was a British Army officer who subsequently became Military Secretary.
Sir Sidney Clive | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 July 1874 |
| Died | 7 October 1959 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1893–1934 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Battles / wars | Mahdist War Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour |
Background and education
editClive was the son of General Sir Edward Clive and Isabel Webb and he was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]
Military career
editClive was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in October 1893,[2][3] and promoted to lieutenant on 26 October 1897. He took part in the military expedition to the Sudan[broken anchor] in 1898, and was promoted to captain on 28 January 1900, during a temporary appointment as Adjutant of the 3rd battalion (19 January – 24 March 1900).[4] He fought in the Second Boer War between 1900 and 1902; he was part of a detachment sent to South Africa on the SS "Umbria "in late March 1900 to reinforce the 3rd battalion.[5][6] For his service in the war he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).[2] He attended Staff College, Camberley in 1903 and became a General Staff Officer at the War Office in 1905.[2]
He served in the First World War as Head of the British Mission at the French Army headquarters from 1915 to the end of the War and was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[2] He was also appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[7] Clive also received several decorations from France, Belgium and Russia.[1]
After the War, in 1919, Clive was appointed Military Governor of Cologne and from 1919 to 1920, he was Commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade at Aldershot (as a temporary Brigadier). He was appointed British Military Representative to the Armaments Commission of the League of Nations in Geneva in 1921 and became Military attaché in Paris in 1924, rising to Major-General in the same year. He was appointed Director of Personal Services at the War Office in 1928 and Military Secretary in 1930. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1933.[2]
Clive retired from the army in 1934, as a Lieutenant General, and served as Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps between 1934 and 1946 and as High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1939. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1937.[2] Clive was a Justice of the Peace and the Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire.[8]
He died on 7 October 1959 in a disastrous fire at the family home, Perrystone Court, near Ross-on-Wye.[9]
Family
editOn 26 March 1901 Clive married Madeline Buxton and the couple had three sons (including Archer Clive, who fought with distinction in World War II) and two daughters.[1]
Awards and decorations
editHis wards and decorations were as follows:
- Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (1937)[1]
- Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (1933)[1]
- Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (1919)[1]
- Distinguished Service Order[2]
- Croix de Guerre (France)[1]
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)[1]
- Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)[1]
- Croix de Guerre (Belgium)[1]
- Order of St. Stanislaus with swords (Russia)[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Townend, Peter. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition. 3 volumes. London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sir George Sidney Clive Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "No. 26451". The London Gazette. 20 October 1893. p. 5894.
- ^ "No. 27163". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 February 1900. p. 910.
- ^ "The War - the Queen and the Grenadier Guards". The Times. No. 36090. London. 15 March 1900. p. 10.
- ^ "The War - Embarcation of Troops". The Times. No. 36099. London. 26 March 1900. p. 7.
- ^ "No. 31370". The London Gazette. 30 May 1919. p. 6791.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ^ When flames ravaged the Court Archived 10 December 2007 at archive.today Hereford Times, 24 June 2006