Career
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 Saint Joseph"s Church, together with a parochial residence and schools. 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 the elder brother of Charles Plowden.