PLOW, Anthony John (eld. son of Henry Anthony Plow 1809–94, rector of Bradley, Hants. 1852–82). Educ. Queen’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1855; C. of Staines 1856; P.C. of Todmorden, Lancs. 1863 to death; attacked and terribly wounded with an axe by Miles Weatherill a check weaver (he had been engaged to one of the servants who had been sent to her home), he also wounded Mrs. Plow and the nurse Jane Smith 2 March 1868; he d. of his wounds Todmorden parsonage 12 March 1868. Annual register (1868) 22–4.
PLOWDEN, Charles Joseph. b. 1804; head of firm of Plowden and Co. the first English bankers established in Rome; created count by grand duke of Tuscany about 1854. d. the Palazetto, Rome 28 Feb. 1884.
PLOWDEN, Florence. b. 1851; a pupil of Mrs. Stirling; at the Court theatre, where she played with John Hare and Charles Kelly in a Quiet rubber many times; played Lady Melusine in W. S. Gilbert’s Broken hearts at Court theatre 17 Dec. 1875; at Southampton theatre; was seen in all Robertson’s dramas at the Prince of Wales’ theatre and acted Naomi Tighe in School during Mrs. Bancroft’s absence; leading lady in Wilson Barrett’s No Escape company to 1881; m. Vyner Robinson; a dramatic reciter and a teacher of elocution at St. Leonard’s 1881. d. 3 Royal terrace, St. Leonard’s 16 Feb. 1890.
PLOWDEN, Trevor John Chichele. b. 2 Sept. 1843; ensign Bengal N.I. 10 Dec. 1859, capt. 12 June 1869, major 10 Dec. 1879; adjutant 3 Punjab cavalry of the frontier force; assistant comr. first class Rawul Pindee, Punjab 15 April 1867; deputy comr. and political agent Kohat district Nov. 1884, also district judge; C.I.E. 24 May 1881; had an accurate knowledge of Pushtoo, and a singular command over the Afrides and other Afghan tribes in the Kohat and Peshawr districts; edited Travels in Abyssinia by W. C. Plowden 1868; translated The Kalid-i-Afghani 1875, and The Ganj-i-Pakkto 1882. d. Canterbury 15 Sept. 1887.
PLOWDEN, Walter Chichele (youngest son of Trevor Chichele Plowden of the Bengal civil service). b. 3 Aug. 1820; clerk in office of Carr, Tagore and Co. in Calcutta 1839–43; travelled in Abyssinia with J. T. Bell to discover the source of the White Nile 1843–7; shipwrecked in the Red Sea on his way to England 1847; consul in Abyssinia 21 Nov. 1847 to death; resided in the interior of Abyssinia till Feb. 1860; attacked by a rebel chieftain, wounded and taken prisoner near Gondar on the Kaka river 4 March 1860; ransomed by the authorities of Gondar for 1,000 dollars 4 March and carried into the the town, where he d. 13 March 1860. W. C. Plowden’s Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla country (1868), memoir pp. vii–x; Foreign office list July 1860 p. 146.
PLOWDEN, William Henry Chichele (4 son of Richard Chichele Plowden, a director of the H.E.I. Co., d. Jany. 1830). b. 1790; educ. Westminster; entered H.E.I.C.S. 1805; president of British factory in China; superintendent of British trade there 1833; a director of East India company 1841–54; contested Nottingham 24 July 1837; M.P. Newport, Isle of Wight 1847–52; contested Newport 9 July 1852; F.R.S. 15 April 1847. d. Ewhurst park, Basingstoke, Hants. 29 March 1880.
PLOWMAN, Joseph. b. Oxford 1811; reporter for the Oxford journal 1829–62; started the Oxford times 1862, which he transferred to a company 1867; university correspondent of the Morning post to death; opened the first reading room in Oxford; a singer and a speaker at public dinners. d. Oxford 9 Nov. 1867. Newspaper Press 2 Dec. 1867 p. 8.
PLUMPTRE, Charles John (eld. son of Edward Hallows Plumptre of London, solicitor 1785–1851). b. London 28 March 1818; educ. King’s college, London; barrister G.I. 5 June 1844; established with Edward Wm. Cox and others The Public reading society and gave the first penny readings for the people 1858–60; lectured on elocution, especially at the universities and theological colleges; lecturer on elocution at Oxford 1860–5; professor of elocution at King’s college, London 1866; lectured on elocution at Downing coll. Camb. 1878; professor of rhetoric in Hyde park college and at Crystal Palace school of literature and art; edited with George Harris The county courts chronicle, vols. xi and xii 1860–61; author of The principles and practice of elocution 1861, 5 ed. 18—; King’s college lectures on elocution 1870, 4 ed. 1883; The culture of voice and speech 1874; The right mode of respiration in regard to speech, song, and health 1886. d. 36 Hamilton terrace, St. John’s Wood, London 15 June 1887. C. J. Plumptre’s King’s college lectures on elocution (1882) portrait; Law Times 16 July 1887 p. 212; Victoria Mag. Oct. 1879 pp. 557–60 portrait.
PLUMPTRE, Edward Hayes (brother of preceding). b. 6 Aug. 1821; educ. King’s coll. London 1839–40; scholar of Univ. coll. Oxf. 1841–4; double first class 1844, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1846; fellow of Brasenose coll. 1844–8; chaplain of King’s coll. London 1847, resigned May 1868, professor of pastoral theology 1853–63, professor of exegesis of Holy scriptures 1864–81; select preacher at Oxford 1851–3, 1864–6, and 1872–3; dean of Queen’s coll. Harley st. London 1855–75, principal of the college 1875–7, founded a scholarship in the college; assistant preacher at Lincoln’s Inn 1851–8; prebendary of St. Paul’s 1863–81; R. of Pluckley, Kent 1869–73; V. of Bickley. Kent 1873–81; Boyle lecturer Oxford 1866–7; a member of the Old Testament revision committee 1869–74 and translator and editor of several portions of the Bible; Grinfield lecturer and examiner in school of theology at Oxford 1872–4; dean of Wells 6 Dec. 1881 to death; author of Lazarus and other poems 1864, 4 ed. 1884; Master and scholar 1866, poems; Biblical studies 1870, 3 ed. 1885; Theology and life 1884; The spirits in prison and other studies on life after death 1884; The divine commedia and canzoniere of Dante Alighieri, with biographical introduction, notes, and essays, 2 vols. 1886–7; Wells cathedral and its deans 1888; The life of Thomas Ken, bishop of Bath and Wells 1888; translated The tragedies of Sophocles 1865 and of Æschylus 1868; his name appears on upwards of 60 publications 1849–90. d. the deanery, Wells 1 Feb. 1891. bur. cathedral cemet. Church portrait journal iii 9 (1882) portrait; Good Words April 1891 pp. 233–37 portrait; I.L.N. 3 Dec. 1881 p. 536 portrait and 7 Sept. 1891 p. 167 portrait.
PLUMPTRE, Frederick Charles (3 son of Charles Plumptre of Long Newton, Durham). b. 17 Aug. 1796; educ. Univ. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820, B.D. 1836, D.D. 1837; fellow of his college 1817–36, tutor 1820, dean and bursar 1821, master Dec. 1836 to his death; vice-chancellor 1848–51; took an active part in university business, delegate of estates and privileges in the university. d. University college 21 Nov. 1870. bur. in college chapel 25 Nov. I.L.N. 3 Dec. 1870 p. 578; Times 22 Nov. 1870 p. 6, 26 Nov. p. 6.