Walter Plowden
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Walter Chichele Plowden (1820 - 1860) was a British consul in Abyssinia. He became a friend of Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II. He was murdered during a journey between Gondar and the Red Sea by a follower of Niguse Agaw. He is buried in the Royal Enclosure of Gondar, next to Gemjabet Maryam church.
His writings were published as Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country, with an account of a mission to Ras Ali in 1848 by his brother in London in 1868.
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- " Walter Chichele Plowden " (Anglo-Ethiopian Society website)
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