Preceded by R. J. C. Burke Name Charles Chichele | Succeeded by John de la Hay Gordon Died July 13, 1956 | |
Born 6 February 1883
Shimla, Bengal Presidency, India ( 1883-02-06 ) | ||
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Terence Chichele Plowden (6 February 1883 - 13 July 1956) was a British army officer, military administrator and diplomat who served as political agent of the Baluchistan and Resident and Chief Commissioner of Coorg from 1933 to 1937.
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Early life and education
Plowden was born in Shimla on 6 February 1883 to Lieutenant Trevor John Chichele Plowden, a British army officer of the Punjab Commission. He was educated at Cheltenham College and joined the Indian army in 1902.
Career
Plowden was appointed to the Political Department and served as Superintending Assistant Commissioner of the North West Frontier Province (1908-09), Political Assistant (1909), Assistant Commissioner, Dera Ismail Khan (1909) and political agent to the Baluchistan States (1920). In 1933, Plowden was appointed Resident to the Mysore Kingdom and thus, automatically became Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province. That very year, Plowden was made an Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.
Later life
Plowden retired in 1938 and served as a Press Reader in the British Embassy in Moscow during 1944-45. Plowden died on 13 July 1956.