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Residents of Hawke's 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 Hawke's Bay historian has backed the notion that a town named after an "unstable sociopath" could revert to its original Māori name – but ...

An elite private school has renamed Clive of India house over the military leader's links to colonialism and Empire. Robert Clive was a notoriously wealthy military leader in the 18th century and attended Merchant Taylor's 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 school's headmaster Simon Everson wrote a letter to its old boys reading: 'Robert Clive has always been a controversial figure.  R...

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

Clive of India's 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 India's 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 briefly educated the low-born Robert Clive before he was expelled for fighting. The East India Com...

An Orleans Parish grand jury handed up indictments against four men on murder and rape charges on Thursday. One of the men, Anthony Green, is accused of raping a woman in the 3700 block of Joliet Street in Hollygrove inside her home on April 22. She encountered him while taking out the trash, according to her account. Police said Green struck up a conversation with the woman and asked her for water. When she went to retrieve him some, he followed her inside, told her he had been watching her, pushed her onto a sofa and raped her, according to the account she gave detectives.