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Edward Clive, 2d earl of Powis (1785–1807)
Edward Herbert, 2d earl of Powis (1807–1848)

1785–1848

Politician. Tory MP for Ludlow, 1806–39. Assumed the surname Herbert, in lieu of Clive, in 1807. Succeeded to the earldom in 1839.

Source

ODNB.

Bibliography

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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