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1907, William Forwood writes to The Times lamenting the lack of a memorial to Clive

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LORD CLIVE
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—India has many monuments erected in honour of successful and popular Viceroys and others who have served her well, but I have been unable to discover any monument to Lord Clive, to whom more than any other human being we owe our great Empire of India. Westminster Abbey contains no record of the great soldier statesman. . ...,In the "by-ways of - Shropshire, in the quaint little church of Morton-Sayo, the village swain sits . Sunday after Sunday over the grave of Lord Clive—no inscription marks.it, not even his name ; a small brass plate hid away over .the vestry. door.and scarcely legible is • the only record, that the. remains of Robert Clive rest within jts walls. ... . .,Truly Lord Clive rondo. Indian but in tho making of it he aroused, jealousies and political enmity which, acting upon a too sensitive nature, brought him to a premature death. But should He be forgotten ?,■ The good work which. Lord Curzon did for India in,every direction. isi I em; glad to find, gratefully recognized and "appreciated by-her. people ; among the many excellent things, he'accomplished-; was the preservation of het ancient monuments and historical records ; and, if he had ■ remained' in' office, I am sure the memory of his illustrious predecessor would not have been forgotten.,"toe ^aidan'CalCTttAwori^ eniichgd. if it.embraced a monument., to Lord, Clive ; Westminster Abbey would mo"ro:traly; reflect all that is great (and . worthy in Eriglarid’ahistb^y,if. it containedhome, appropriate record, pi Robert^ivo’and ‘what he did to huild-up.her Empire.,/ ' Youih..truly,"i William Forwood, Chairman of Quarter Sessions, Lancashire, Grand Hotel Calcutta, February-8.
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30 March 1907
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The Times, 30 May 1907 (Paywall)

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Statue of Robert Clive, Westminster