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More than 60 of Merchant Taylors’ A-level students received only A or A* grades this year.

Residents of Hawkes Bay town named after unstable sociopath could ask for name change 17 Jan, 2021 12:06 AM 4 minutes to read The town of Clive was named after controversial historic figure Robert Clive, he was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency . Photo / Warren Buckland The town of Clive was named after controversial historic figure Robert Clive, he was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency . Photo / Warren Buckland A Hawkes Bay historian has backed the notion th...

An elite private school has renamed Clive of India house over the military leaders links to colonialism and Empire. Robert Clive was a notoriously wealthy military leader in the 18th century and attended Merchant Taylors School for Boys in Hertfordshire for one year before being expelled for fighting. A low-born Clive went on to become a clerk for the East India Company before rising up to a high position within the British military, reported The Telegraph. The schools headmaster Simon Everson ...

A private school house named after a controversial military leader with links to colonialism has been renamed.

Clive of Indias name dropped from house at his former school over links to British Empire The East India Company leader was expelled from Merchant Taylors boys school Robert Clive has been credited with helping to establish British rule in India Clive of Indias name has been stripped from a house at his former private school over his links to empire, sparking warnings from professors about the “craven” trend of erasing history  The Merchant Taylors day school for boys in Hertfordshire bri...