Welsh Government BLM review: Clive Place not to be renamed

By Alex Jones

26th Nov 2020 | Local News

The Welsh Government will not move to rename Clive Place, Clive Crescent or the Clive Arms Hotel after a report finds no link to the controversial figure Robert Clive.

According to The Slave Trade and the British Empire: An Audit of Commemoration in Wales, mentions of "Clive" in the town actually commemorate the Windsor-Clive family.

The report was published this morning. It was commissioned by First Minister Mark Drakeford in July in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.

It identified 209 monuments, buildings or street names across Wales which commemorate people who were directly involved with the British Empire or the slave trade.

The colonialist Major General Robert Clive, credited with establishing the British Empire in India, was identified as a person "who took part in the African slave trade".

However, all references to "Clive" in Penarth have been marked "3", meaning "person(s) of interest not commemorated".

Penarth's road names and pub actually refer to Harriet Windsor-Clive, the landowner and wealthy benefactor best known for developing Penarth Dock.

Other potentially controversial commemorations in Penarth were not included. Plassey Street, Cawnpore Street and Arcot Street are all named after battles in the Indian Wars.

They may, however, be identified for review by the Vale of Glamorgan Council, which is consulting its own inclusivity review of commemorations.

     

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