Background
PLOWDEN, Francis Hush was born on August 15, 1851 in Italy. Son of late Charles Joseph Plowden, of Romo, and Anne Eliza, daughter of George Bryan, of Jenkinstown, Kilkenny.
PLOWDEN, Francis Hush was born on August 15, 1851 in Italy. Son of late Charles Joseph Plowden, of Romo, and Anne Eliza, daughter of George Bryan, of Jenkinstown, Kilkenny.
Studied at Downside College, near Bath. Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Second Lieutenant 43rd Light Infantry, 1872. Commanded 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry, 1896-1900. Served on Staff and in Command of a 2nd Class District in India, 1900-1907.
Mohmund and Tirah Campaigns, 1897-1898, in command of 52nd Light Infantry (despatches twice, medal and clasps, Brevet Colonel). Commanding a division Territorial Force.
Club: Army and Navy.
Fishing and shooting.
Spouse 1885, Isabel, of Major John Fane of Wormsley Park, Oxfordshire.
Companion of the Bath 1904. Major-General.