PLUMPTRE

Charles John (eld. son of Edward Hallows Plumptre of London, solicitor 1785–1851). b. London 28 March 1818; educ. King’s college, London; barrister G.I. 5 June 1844; established with Edward Wm. Cox and others The Public reading society and gave the first penny readings for the people 1858–60; lectured on elocution, especially at the universities and theological colleges; lecturer on elocution at Oxford 1860–5; profe or of elocution at King’s college, London 1866; lectured on elocution at Downing coll. Camb. 1878; profe or of rhetoric in Hyde park college and at Crystal Palace school of literature and art; edited with George Harris The county courts chronicle, vols. xi and xii 1860–61; author of The principles and practice of elocution 1861, 5 ed. 18—; King’s college lectures on elocution 1870, 4 ed. 1883; The culture of voice and speech 1874; The right mode of respiration in regard to speech, song, and health 1886. d. 36 Hamilton terrace, St. John’s Wood, London 15 June 1887. C. J. Plumptre’s King’s college lectures on elocution (1882) portrait ; Law Times 16 July 1887 p. 212; Victoria Mag. Oct. 1879 pp. 557–60 portrait .