Lewis Clive

Lewis Clive

Lewis Clive (September 8, 1910 – August 2, 1938) was a British rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

In 1932 he won the gold medal with his partner Hugh Edwards in the coxless pairs event.

His father was Lt-Col Percy Clive MP (1873-1918) and he was descended from Clive of India. Neville Chamberlain was his godfather. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-wheeler-466815.html obituary of George Wheeler] ]

Clive was a Labour borough councillor in North Kensington and a member of the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. As a company commander of the British Battalion of the IB, he was killed in action at Hill 481, near Gandesa, August 1938.

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* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CLIVELEW01 profile]


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