Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB MP FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, is a British officer who establishes the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal.

He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that follow, for the British crown.

Together with Warren Hastings, he is one of the key early figures in the creation of British India.

He also sits as a Tory Member of Parliament in England.