Background
Plowden was the son of Richard Plowden, and lived at Ewhurst Park, Basingstoke.
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William Plowden
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He was a director of the Honourable East India Company. He was appointed Second Superintendent of British Trade in China by King William IV on 10 December 1833 but in his absence the role passed to John Francis Davis instead. In 1847 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, his candidature certificate saying thet he was "an active promoter of the Trigonometrical Surveys of India, and other scientific operations carried on by the East India Company.
And generally attached to science and anxious to promote its progress.
Their grand-daughter Pauline Georgiana Plowden married Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen of the Trigonometrical Survey of India.
Membership
Royal Society; 15th United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1847 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight but only held the seat for one term. Their son William Chichele Plowden was an administrator in India and also a Member of Parliament.
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Political Party
Conservative Party