Charles Plumptre was an Anglican priest during the mid 18th century.[1]
Plumptre was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.[2] He held incumbencies at Harston, Whaddon and Wimple before being appointed domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford in 1745. He was appointed a prebendary of Norwich Cathedral in 1749; and Archdeacon of Ely in 1751: he was collated on 20 December and installed on 29 December that year.[3] He died in post on 14 September 1779.[4]
References
edit- ^ National Archives
- ^ Former alumni
- ^ "Archdeacons: Ely", Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 7: Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester dioceses (1992), pp. 13-14. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35232 Date accessed: 11 October 2014
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine 1779, xlix 471; G/1/14 p. 231.
