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===Namesakes=== * "Clive of India" is a brand of [[curry powder]] manufactured in Australia by McKenzie's Foods. * "Clive" was a house at [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood]], where he was a student for seven years before his expulsion. Members were distinguished by their red striped ties. In January 2021 the house was renamed after former pupil and sportsman [[John Raphael (sportsman)|John Raphael]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Private school's 'Clive of India' house renamed over links to British Empire|url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/18999560.merchant-taylors-clive-india-school-house-renamed/|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Watford Observer|date=9 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * Clive is a Senior Girls house at the [[Duke of York's Royal Military School]], where all houses are named after prominent military figures. * Clive was a house at [[Haberdashers' Adams]] school in [[Newport, Shropshire]] which in 2021 was renamed Owen house, after the poet and soldier [[Wilfred Owen]] who was born near [[Oswestry]] in Shropshire. This follows criticism of Robert Clive in light of the George Floyd protests. * Clive Road, in [[West Dulwich]], [[London]], commemorates Baron Clive<ref name="Darby1967">{{Cite book |last=William Darby |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXu3GwAACAAJ |title=Dulwich: A Place in History |publisher=W. Darby |year=1967 |page=20}}</ref> despite being so named close to a century after his death. Following the completion of the relocation of [[The Crystal Palace]] from [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] to what is now [[Upper Norwood]] in 1854, the [[West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway]] was opened on 10 June 1854 to cope with crowds visiting the Crystal Palace. This led to a huge increase in employment in the area and a subsequent increase in the building of residential properties. Many of the new roads were named after eminent figures in British imperial history, such as Robert Clive. * There is a settlement{{which|date=November 2022}} named after Clive in the [[Hawke's Bay]] province of [[New Zealand]].
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