Person: Plumptre, John Francis (1806 - 1807)

• Comments

  In VENN
  Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Jan. 11, 1800. Eldest s. of the Rev. John (1773; CCE 2077). B. Dec. 4, 1781, at Eton. ' Matric. Easter, 1800; Browne medal, 1803; B.A. 1804; M.A. 1807. Fellow, 1803. Ord. deacon (Gloucester) Aug. 2, 1806; priest, 1807. Assistant Master at Eton, 1803-22; Fellow of Eton, 1822-64. Married Caroline, dau. of – Carter, Esq., of Foxley, Wilts. His sermons in Eton chapel were a perpetual source of amusement to his hearers, and so bigoted was his protestantism that he stigmatized Catholic emancipation as ‘the wickedest thing since the crucifixion.’ Died May 18, 1864, at Eton College. Brother of Robert B (1810). (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, L.G., which incorrectly gives ‘died May 1’; Sir W. Sterry; G. Mag., 1864, I. 804.)

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Kings College

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Sub	Plumptre, John Francis	02/02/1806	BA	Cambridge	View

• MA : Cambridge / Kings

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Plumptre, John Francis	19/04/1807	MA	Cambridge	View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 02/02/1806 (Huntingford, George Isaac/Gloucester 1802-1815)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Sub	Plumptre, John Francis	02/02/1806	deacon	Ordination	View

• priest : 19/04/1807 (Dampier, Thomas/Rochester 1802-1808)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Plumptre, John Francis	19/04/1807	priest	ordination	View