Wife of Edwin Noel August Plowden, Baron Plowden
Dame Bridget Horatia Plowden, Lady Plowden, DBE (née Richmond; 5 May 1910 – 29 September 2000) was a British educational reformer. She chaired the group which authored and published the 1967 Plowden Report on primary education in Britain, and was chair of the Independent Broadcasting Authority from 1975–80.
She was appointed DBE in the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours.
She died at her home, Martels Manor, at Dunmow, Essex, on 29 September 2000. She was cremated.
There is a plaque honouring her in East Rounton Parish Church.
Wife of Edwin Noel August Plowden, Baron Plowden
Dame Bridget Horatia Plowden, Lady Plowden, DBE (née Richmond; 5 May 1910 – 29 September 2000) was a British educational reformer. She chaired the group which authored and published the 1967 Plowden Report on primary education in Britain, and was chair of the Independent Broadcasting Authority from 1975–80.
She was appointed DBE in the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours.
She died at her home, Martels Manor, at Dunmow, Essex, on 29 September 2000. She was cremated.
There is a plaque honouring her in East Rounton Parish Church.
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