John Plumptre (priest)

Memorial to John Plumptre in Gloucester Cathedral

The Very Rev John Plumptre, DD was an Anglican dean ^[1] and author ^[2] in the early 19th century.

Born on 11 March 1754, he was educated at Eton ^[3] and King's College, Cambridge (elected Fellow, 1776). From 1778 until his death on 26 November 1825 he was Vicar of Stone, Worcestershire; to which he added, in 1790, the living at Wichenford; and, in 1808, the office of Dean of Gloucester.

References

↑ Cerl
↑ World Cat
↑ William Gibson, ‘Plumptre, John (1754–1825)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 4 April 2013

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Luxmoore	Dean of Gloucester 1808–1825	Succeeded by Edward Rice

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Early modern	William Jennings John Man Thomas Cooper Lawrence Humphrey Anthony Rudd Griffith Lewis Thomas Moreton Richard Field William Laud Richard Senhouse Thomas Winniffe George Warburton Accepted Frewen William Brough Thomas Vyner Robert Frampton Thomas Marshall William Jane Knightly Chetwood John Waugh John Frankland Peter Allix Daniel Newcombe Josiah Tucker
Late modern	John Luxmoore John Plumptre Edward Rice Henry Law Edward Bickersteth Montagu Butler Donald Spence Jones Henry Gee Harold Costley-White Seiriol Evans Gilbert Thurlow Kenneth Jennings Nicholas Bury Stephen Lake

v t e Diocese of Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Gloucester Church House, Gloucester
Office holders	The Bishop of Gloucester, Rachel Treweek The Bishop suffragan of Tewkesbury, Martyn Snow AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Gloucester, Stephen Lake The Archdeacon of Cheltenham, Robert Springett The Archdeacon of Gloucester, Jackie Searle
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cirencester (1882–1919; renamed to Archdeacon of Cheltenham)