Plumptre is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adelaide Plumptre (1874–1948) (born Adelaide Proctor in England), Canadian activist, diplomat, and municipal politician in Toronto Annabella Plumptre (1769–1838), English writer and translator Anne Plumptre (1760–1818), English writer and translator Edward Hayes Plumptre (1821–1891), English divine and scholar born in London Frederick Charles Plumptre (1796-1870), Master of University College, Oxford Henry Plumptre Gipps (1813–1859), English lawyer and politician and member of Parliament John Pemberton Plumptre (1791–1864), British politician and member of Parliament