Francis Plowden (barrister)
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Francis Peter Plowden (8 June 1749 – 4 January 1829) was an English
Life
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Francis Plowden, born in
When the Society was
He entered the
His improvidence, extreme views, and intractable disposition made his life a troubled one. Having fallen out with the Lord Chancellor, he ceased to practice at the bar and devoted himself to writing. While in Dublin (1811) he published his work "Ireland since the Union" which led to a prosecution on the part of the Government for libel, resulting in a verdict of £5000 damages. Plowden considered that this was rewarded by a packed jury and determined not to pay it. He escaped to Paris where he spent the remaining years of his life in comparative poverty as a professor at the Scots College, dying on 4 January 1829, aged 79.
Family
The comic play, Virginia, by his wife Dorothea Plowden was condemned following its premier performance.
Their eldest daughter, Anna Maria, became the third countess of Archibald, ninth earl of Dundonald.
Works
Plowden's Historical Review of the State of Ireland (1803) was written at the request of the Government, but it was too outspoken a condemnation to meet their views, and was attacked by
His Historical Letters to Sir
- The Case Stated (Cath. Relief Act, 1791).
- Church and State (London, 1794).
- Treatise on the Law of Usury (London, 1796).
- The Constitution of the United Kingdom (London, 1802).
- Historical Letters to Rev. C. O'Connor (Dublin, 1812).
- Human Subordination (Paris, 1824).
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Francis Plowden". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Thompson Cooper (1896). "Plowden, Francis Peter". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co. , s. v.
- Joseph Gillow, Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath. s. v.
- John Kirk, Biographies of English Catholics
- Henry Foley, Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus, IV, VII (London, 1878–80), giving pedigree of Plowden;
- Bernard Ward, The Dawn of the Catholic Revival in England 1781-1803 (London, 1909)
- Gentleman's Magazine(1829)
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