Frederick Charles Plumptre

Frederick Charles Plumptre (1796–1870) was a Victorian academic and administrator.^[1]^[2] He was Master of University College, Oxford for many years until the end of his life and concurrently Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University for four years.

Frederick Plumptre was from an academic family, mainly at Cambridge. He attained a second class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1817 at University College, Oxford, and was elected a Fellow in the same year. He became Dean and Tutor of the college from 1821.

Plumptre had an interest in architecture and served three terms as President of the Oxford Architectural Society. He was involved in the restoration and building of several churches in Oxford. He was also a member of the Delegacy (building committee), established on 8 April 1854, that set up the Oxford University Museum.^[3]

Augustus Hare, who matriculated at University College in 1853, said of him:

"It would be impossible to discover a more perfect ‘old gentleman’ than Dr Plumptre, though he was often laughed at. When he was inquiring into any fault, he would begin with, 'Now pray take care what you say, because whatever you say I shall believe.' He had an old-fashioned veneration for rank, and let Lord Egmont off lectures two days in the week that he might hunt – 'it was so suitable.'”^[4]

Plumptre Award

The Plumptre Exhibition is awarded by University College each year to students who have demonstrated good academic work, conduct and contribution to College life.

Recipients of the Plumptre Award
Year	Exhibitioner	Major or minor
2012	Lewis Coenen-Rowe	Major
2012	Dan Tomlinson	Major
2012	Marie McHugh	Major
2013	Aamira Khan	Minor
2013	Julia Moehlen	Major
2016	Maninderbir Sachdeva	Major
2018	Rebecca Williams	Minor
2018	Heba Jalil	Major
2019	Ffion Price	Minor
2020	Heba Jalil	Major
2020	Ruqayah Juyel	Minor
2021	Sarah Chapman	Major

References

^ M. G. Brock & M. C. Curthoys, Nineteenth-century Oxford, page 654.
^ Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0. Frederick Charles Plumptre and Arthur Stanley: 1836–1850, pages 351–366.
^ Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward, page 158.
^ Augustus Hare, The Story of My Life, volume I (John Wilson and Son, Cambridge U.S.A., 1896), at pages 386-387

External links

UC:MA40 Papers of Frederick Charles Plumptre (Master 1836-70) - UNIV Online Archives
Works by or about Frederick Charles Plumptre at Wikisource

Academic offices
Preceded by George Rowley	Master of University College, Oxford 1836–1870	Succeeded by George Granville Bradley
Preceded by Benjamin Parsons Symons	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1848–1852	Succeeded by Richard Lynch Cotton

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[1] M. G. Brock & M. C. Curthoys, Nineteenth-century Oxford, page 654.

[2] Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0. Frederick Charles Plumptre and Arthur Stanley: 1836–1850, pages 351–366.

[3] Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward, page 158.

[4] Augustus Hare, The Story of My Life, volume I (John Wilson and Son, Cambridge U.S.A., 1896), at pages 386-387

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