Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth

The Right Honourable The Earl of Plymouth PC
Windsor-Clive family plot in the cemetery of St Bartholomew's church, Tardebigge, Worcestershire. The 2nd Earl of Plymouth (1889–1943) and his wife are also buried here.
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 1932–1936
Preceded by	Robert William Hamilton
Succeeded by	The Earl De La Warr
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 1936–1939
Preceded by	The Earl Stanhope
Succeeded by	Rab Butler
Member of Parliament for Ludlow
In office 15 November 1922 – 6 December 1923
Preceded by	Sir Beville Stanier
Succeeded by	George Windsor-Clive
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Irene Corona

Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC (4 February 1889 – 1 October 1943) was an English nobleman and Conservative politician.

The second and only surviving son of the 1st Earl of Plymouth, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Until succeeding his father in 1923, he used his father's subsidiary title Viscount Windsor.

He was member for West St Pancras on London County Council from 1913–1919, and was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Ludlow, Shropshire at a by-election in January 1922, holding the seat until he succeeded his father in March 1923. He held office as Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1925–1929, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs from January–June 1929, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport from 1931–1932, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1932 to 1936, and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1936–1939.

He is probably best known for his work as co-chairman of the International Committee for Non-Intervention in the Spanish Civil War.

He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan in 1923, and a Privy Counsellor in the 1929 Dissolution Honours. He was made an Honorary freedom of Cardiff in 1936, served as the charter mayor of the Borough of Barry in 1939, President of the National Museum of Wales and as Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales 1941. He was appointed Sub-Prior of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1943. Lord Plymouth was Chairman of the Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in the Principality.

The 2nd Earl of Plymouth died in 1943 and was buried in the Windsor-Clive family plot at Tardebigge, Worcestershire. His wife Irene Corona (1902-1989, daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss) is buried next to him.

References

• Who Was Who (with corrections)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Plymouth