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Plowden Escutcheon
Plowden may refer to: *Plowden, Shropshire, village in Shropshire, England People with the surname Plowden * Alfred Chichele Plowden (1844–1914), English barrister and court magistrate * Alison Plowden (1931–2007), English historian and biographer * Bridget Plowden, Lady Plowden (1910–2000), English educationist, reformer * David Plowden (born 1932), American photographer * Edmund Plowden (1518–1585), English lawyer, legal scholar and theorist * Edmund Plowden (colonial governor) (1590–1659), explorer and colonial governor * Edwin Plowden, Baron Plowden (1907–2001), English industrial and public servant * Francis Peter Plowden (1749–1829), English barrister and writer. * Francis Plowden (British Army officer) (1851–1911), British general * Francis Plowden (businessman) (born 1945), lay member of the U. K. Judicial Appointments Commission * Henry Plowden (1840-1920), English cricketer * Luke Ishikawa Plowden (1995), Japanese-American actor * Robert Plowden (17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plowden, Shropshire
Plowden is a hamlet in the parish of Lydbury North, Shropshire, England. It is in the valley of the River Onny and lies 3 miles east of Bishop's Castle. Plowden was one of the stations on the Bishops Castle Railway, which closed in 1935. Plowden Hall is a grade II* listed building, being a timber-framed building dating in part from about 1300, and is described in the novel ''John Inglesant'' by Joseph Henry Shorthouse, who drew the place as ''Lydiard''. Its owners, the Plowden family, remained Roman Catholics after the Reformation and there is a Roman Catholic church of St Walburga in Plowden. When Edwin Plowden was awarded a life peerage in 1959 he took the title of Baron Plowden of Plowden in the county of Salop Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th .... GWR Hall class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Plowden
Sir Henry Meredyth Chichele Plowden (26 September 1840 — 8 January 1920) was an English first-class cricketer, barrister and judge. The son of George Augustus Chichele Plowden (1810–1871) and Charlotte Elise née Robertson (1821–1862), he was born in British India at Sylhet in September 1840. He was educated in England at Harrow School, where he played for the school cricket team. He was also a champion rackets player whilst at Harrow. From there, he matriculated to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a member of the Cambridge University Cricket Club and made his debut in first-class cricket for the club against the Cambridge Town Club at Fenner's in 1860. He played first-class cricket for the university until 1863, making ten appearances; four of these came in The University Match against Oxford University at Lord's, gaining him his blue. He also captained the club in his final two years of study. Alongside playing for Cambridge, Plowden also played first-class cricket for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Julius Lowthian Plowden
The Honourable William Julius Lowthian Plowden (7 February 1935 – 26 June 2010) was a British political science academic and government advisor. Biography Plowden's parents were both public servants and he was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he took his doctorate. He was awarded a Harkness Fellowship at the University of California in Berkeley. On his return he was briefly in 1958 a staff writer for ''The Economist'', then joined in 1959 with a stellar pass of the annual Civil service examination the Board of Trade. In 1965 he left the civil service when he was appointed as lecturer on government at the London School of Economics (LSE). Plowden joined Edward Heath's Downing Street think-tank the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS) as a founder-member, before a short period in 1977 as an Under Secretary in the Department of Industry. Plowden then joined the Royal Institute of Public Administration as Director-General, where he stayed for ten years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Chichele Plowden
Sir William Chichele Plowden (1832 – 4 September 1915) was a Civil Servant and Member of the Legislative Council in India, and subsequently a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1886 to 1892. Plowden was the son of William Plowden FRS MP of Ewhurst Park and his wife Jane Annette Campbell, daughter of Edward Campbell. He was educated at Harrow School and Haileybury College. He was in the Bengal Civil Service as Census Commissioner for India and Secretary of the Board of Revenue of the North West Provinces. He was also a member of the Legislative Council in Calcutta. In 1886, he was knighted as KCSI. In the 1886 general election, Plowden was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton West and held the seat until 1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Plowden (Conservative Politician)
William Henry Chicheley Plowden FRS (21 April 1787 – 29 March 1880) was an English politician and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport, Isle of Wight. Plowden was the son of Richard Plowden, and lived at Ewhurst Park, Basingstoke. He was a director of the Honourable East India Company. He was appointed Second Superintendent of British Trade in China by King William IV on 10December 1833 but in his absence the role passed to John Francis Davis instead. In 1847 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, his candidature certificate saying that he was "an active promoter of the Trigonometrical Surveys of India, and other scientific operations carried on by the East India Company; and generally attached to science and anxious to promote its progress". In 1847 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight but only held the seat for one term. He was married twice - firstly in 1818 to Katherine Harding, daughter of William Harding of Baraset. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Plowden
Walter Charles Metcalf Chichele Plowden (3 August 1820 – 13 March 1860) was a British diplomat, consul at Massawa on the Red Sea coast from 1848 to his death. He played a role in Ethiopian politics in the mid 19th-century: during his tenure he cultivated the friendship of first ''Ras'' Ali, and later the Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II. J. R. Hooker remarks that "as a political agent, Plowden was valuable; as a writer of travel literature he was engaging and intelligent; but as a consul he was useless, his commercial reports being limited to three in 1852. He was never at his post after 1855."Hooker"The Foreign Office and the 'Abyssinian Captives'", ''Journal of African History'' 2 (1961), p. 245 In 1860, Plowden was murdered aged 39 during a journey between Gondar and the Red Sea by a follower of Agew Niguse The Agaw or Agew ( gez, አገው ''Agäw'', modern ''Agew'') are a pan-ethnic identity native to the northern highlands of Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Plowden
Thomas Plowden (1594 – 13 February 1664) was an English Jesuit to whom has been traditionally attributed an important translation under the name Thomas Salusbury. Life Thomas Plowden was born in Oxfordshire, the third son of Francis Plowden of Shiplake Court (Oxfordshire) and Wokefield Park (Berkshire), younger brother of Edmund Plowden, and grandson of Edmund Plowden. Plowden was sent on the English Mission about 1622. He was seized, with other priests, by pursuivants in 1628 at Clerkenwell, the London residence of the Jesuits, where he filled various offices of the order, despite the perils of the Mission in London until his death there. Translation As was the case with his contemporary Nathaniel Bacon, English Jesuits, given their illegal status as recusants, often published under assumed names. Plowden presented his translations under the name of the distinguished Welsh Salusbury family. Plowden translated Daniello Bartoli's 1645 into English as '' The Lear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Plowden
Robert Plowden (born 27 January 1740; died at Wappenbury, 27 June 1823) was an English Jesuit priest, a firm supporter of Bishop John Milner. Life He entered the Society of Jesus in 1756, and was ordained in 1763. After some years spent at Hoogstraten in Belgium, as director of Carmelite nuns, he returned to England, and was stationed at Arlington, Devon, from 1777 to 1787. Appointed to Bristol, his exertions resulted in the erection of St. Joseph's Church, together with a parochial residence and schools. His activity extended to the mission of Swansea and South Wales District, of which he may be considered a principal founder. Removed from Bristol in 1815, he became chaplain to the Fitzherbert family at Swynnerton until 1820, when he retired to Wappenbury, where he died. He was a keen theologian, "a more solid divine than his brother Charles", according to Bishop Carroll. Works He translated into English: "The Elevation of the Soul to God", a spiritual treatise of Barthélem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Ishikawa Plowden
''Oh My Boss'' ( th, นายคะอย่ามาอ่อย; , 'Mr. Don't Flirt... Oh My Boss!') is a 2021 Thai drama television series starring Worranit Thawornwong (Mook) and Luke Ishikawa Plowden. Produced by GMMTV in joint partnership with FuKDuK Production, this series is one of 12 television series of GMMTV for 2020 during their "GMMTV 2020: New & Next" event on 15 October 2019. Cast and characters Below are the cast of the series: Main * Worranit Thawornwong (Mook) as Noomnim (La Kha Akitsuki) * Luke Ishikawa Plowden as Akitsuki Koji (Company Executive Viper X) * Kullamas Limpawutivaranon (Knomjean) as Rena () * Ryota Omi as Hasobe (Company Employee Viper X) Supporting * Patara Eksangkul (Foei) as Mark (Major part of the company Viper X) * Thanaboon Wanlopsirinun (Na) as Minei (Company Employee Viper X) * Phatchara Thabthong (Kapook) as Phin (Noomnim Friend) * Sitang Punpop (Pai) as Ploy (Company Employee Viper X) * Phakjira Kanrattanasoot (N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Plowden (businessman)
Francis John Plowden is a former member of the Judicial Appointments Commission. Plowden is Chairman of the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College. He was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers until 2001, where he was responsible for public policy and management work worldwide. He has previously held board positions in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. He was Chairman of the National Council for Palliative Care Palliative care (derived from the Latin root , or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Wit ... until 2008. He was a lay member of the Judicial Appointments Commission from 2006 to 2012. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British businesspeople {{UK-law-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Chichele Plowden
Alfred Chichele Plowden (21 October 1844, Meerut, British India – 8 August 1914, South Kensington) was an English barrister and Metropolitan Police magistrate of the Marlborough Street Magistrates Court. He wrote an autobiography which was published in 1903 by T. Fisher Unwin. Alfred Chichele Plowden was the elder son of Trevor John Chichele Plowden (1809–1899) and the elder brother of Sir Trevor John Chichele-Plowden of the Indian Civil Service. Alfred's elder sister Georgina married Sir William Grey. After education at Westminster School, Alfred Plowden matriculated on 12 June 1862 at Brasenose College, Oxford and graduated there B.A. in 1866. From 1866 to 1868 he was private secretary to his uncle Sir John Peter Grant, Governor of Jamaica. Upon his return to England, Alfred Plowden read for the bar and was appointed barrister-at-law in the Middle Temple in 1870. He was recorder of Much Wenlock from 1879 to 1888 and became magistrate at Marlborough Street Magistrates Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Plowden (British Army Officer)
Major-General Francis Hugh Plowden (15 August 1851 – 24 August 1911) was a British Army officer. Military career Plowden was commissioned into the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot on 5 October 1872. He commanded 2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in skirmishes with Pathans on the North West Frontier of India in 1897 for which he was mentioned in dispatches. During the Second Boer War (1899–1902) he held several temporary appointments in India while the actual holder was with the forces in South Africa. He was an Assistant Adjutant-General in Mhow from March 1900, and held the command of the second class district of Belgaum, Madras Command, from August 1900 (in the absence of Colonel Sir Reginald Hart and then of Hector MacDonald). He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1904 Birthday Honours. He then became General Officer Commanding the Northumbrian Division The Northumbrian Division was an infantry division of the British Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
