Francis Plowden (British Army officer)

Major-General Francis Hugh Plowden CB (15 August 1851 – 24 August 1911) was a British Army officer.

Francis Plowden
Born15 August 1851
Died24 August 1911
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldNorthumbrian Division
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Plowden was commissioned into the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot on 5 October 1872.[1] He commanded 2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in skirmishes with Pathans on the North West Frontier of India in 1897[2] for which he was mentioned in dispatches.[3] During the Second Boer War (1899–1902) he held several temporary appointments in India while the actual holder was with the forces in South Africa. He was an Assistant Adjutant-General in Mhow from March 1900,[4] and held the command of the second class district of Belgaum, Madras Command, from August 1900 (in the absence of Colonel Sir Reginald Hart and then of Hector MacDonald).[5]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1904 Birthday Honours.[6] He then became General Officer Commanding the Northumbrian Division in March 1910[7] before his death in August 1911 aged 60.[8]

References
  1. The India Office and Burma Office List. 1877.
  2. Simner, Mark (2016). Pathan Rising: Jihad on the North West Frontier of India 1897-1898. Fontill Media. ISBN 978-1781555408.
  3. "No. 26954". The London Gazette. 5 April 1898. p. 2183.
  4. "No. 27498". The London Gazette. 25 November 1902. p. 7942.
  5. "No. 27497". The London Gazette. 21 November 1902. p. 7537.
  6. "No. 27688". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1904. p. 4008.
  7. "No. 28354". The London Gazette. 5 April 1910. p. 2331.
  8. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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