Educated at
Harrow, Clive was
commissioned as an ensign in the
Rifle Brigade on 18 August 1854 and then transferred to the
Grenadier Guards as ensign and lieutenant on 8 December that year. He served in the
Eastern campaign from 1855 to 1856, after the
fall of Sevastopol; this was his only war service. He was appointed an Instructor of Musketry in his regiment on 30 April 1857 and
purchased his promotion to lieutenant and captain on 17 July. He was promoted to captain and lieutenant-colonel, again by purchase, on 8 March 1864, and on completion of the qualifying period of service was granted brevet rank as colonel on 4 March 1876. He became major in the Grenadier Guards on 11 October 1879 and lieutenant-colonel on 7 August 1880, and commanded the regiment from 1880 and granted local rank as a brigadier-general while commanding the Brigade of Guards in Cyprus. Clive was appointed Commandant at the
Staff College, Sandhurst, on 21 December 1885 and was promoted to major-general on 26 December. He became
Governor and Commandant of the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst on 12 August 1888, remaining in that post until 1893. He was promoted lieutenant-general on 1 April 1892 and general on 12 January 1898, and retired on 19 December 1898. On 30 December 1906 he was made colonel of
the King's (Liverpool Regiment). ==Political career==