Plunkett

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Plunkett is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Pluingceid. It is associated with Ireland, and possibly of Norse or Norman origin; it may be spelled O'Plunket, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Ó Plunceid, and may refer to:

Middle Ages

• Richard Plunkett (1340–1393), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ancestor of the Barons of Dunsany, Barons of Killeen, and Earls of Fingall

Dunsany family

• Baron of Dunsany
• Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463)
• Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket (c.1407–1471), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, brother of the 1st Baron of Dunsany
• Sir Thomas Plunket (1440–1519), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland, nephew of the 1st Baron of Dunsany
• Randal Edward Sherborne Plunkett (1848-1883), politician, son of the 16th Baron of Dunsany
• Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854–1932), Irish unionist and agricultural reformer, son of the 16th Baron of Dunsany
• John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853–1899)
• Reginald Plunkett (1880–1967), a British admiral, sometimes called Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax or Reginald Drax, son of the 17th Baron of Dunsany
• Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957), an Anglo-Irish writer. His pen name was Lord Dunsany
• Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany (1906-1999)
• Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (1939–2011)
• Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (1983–)

Killeen and Fingall family

• Barons Killeen and Earls of Fingall
• Christopher Plunket, 1st Baron Killeen (d. 1445)
• John Plunket (c.1497–1582), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, great-great-grandson of the 1st Baron Killeen
• Luke Plunkett, 10th Baron Killeen, 1st Earl of Fingall (d. 1637)
• Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall (d. 1649)
• Arthur Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall (1759–1836)
• Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall (1791–1869)
• Saint Oliver Plunkett (1625–1681), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and martyr, 1st cousin of Luke Plunkett
• Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680), Irish confederate
• Sir Francis Richard Plunkett (1835–1907), British diplomat

Family of George Noble Plunkett

Distant cousins of the families of Dunsany, Killeen, and Fingall

• George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948), Irish republican and papal count
• Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
• Geraldine "Gerry" (Plunkett) Dillon (1891–1986), daughter of George Noble Plunkett
• George Oliver Plunkett (1894–1944), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
• Fiona Plunkett (1896 - 1977), daughter of George Noble Plunkett

Family of Baron Plunket

Baron Plunket is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

• William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764–1854), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Whig MP for Dublin University
• Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866), Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achon
• John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket QC (1793–1871)
• Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), the oldest person ever to be born and die in Ireland, daughter of Thomas Span Plunket
• Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene (1833-1891), author, daughter of John Span Plunket
• Frederica Louise Edith Plunket (1838–1886), daughter of Thomas Span Plunket
• William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828–1897), Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin
• David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore QC (1838–1919), Conservative MP for Dublin University, son of John Span Plunket
• William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864–1920), Governor General of New Zealand
• Benjamin John Plunket (1870-1947), Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry and later Bishop of Meath, son of William Conyngham Plunket
• Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (1899–1938)
• Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923–1975), Equerry to King George VI and later Deputy Master of the Household to Queen Elizabeth II
• Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket (1925–2013), supporter and advocate of Zimbabwean Independence and racial harmony
• Tyrone Shaun Terence Plunket, 9th Baron Plunket (born 1966), Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II

Baron Louth family

• Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth (second creation) (d. 1555)
• Matthew Plunkett, 7th Baron Louth (died September 1689)

Others

• Adam Plunkett (1903–1992), Scottish footballer
• Catherine Plunkett (born c.1725), eighteenth century Irish violinist
• Charles Peshall Plunkett (1864–1931), US rear admiral
• Elizabeth Gunning (translator) (1769–1823), married name Elizabeth Plunkett, novelist and translator
• Elizabeth Plunkett, 1976 victim of serial killers Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw in Ireland
• George Thomas Plunkett, Bishop of Elphin from 1814 to 1827
• George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), New York state senator
• Harriette Merrick Plunkett (1826–1906), American sanitary reform leader
• James Plunkett, pen name of James Plunkett Kelly (1920–2003), an Irish writer
• Jim Plunkett, NFL quarterback
• John Plunket (1664–1738), Irish Jacobite
• John Plunkett, (1802–1869), Attorney-General of New South Wales
• Liam Plunkett, English cricketer
• Margaret Louise "Peggy" Plunkett Ph.D. (1906-2000), U.S. diplomat, labor official
• Oliver Plunkett (1884–1971), Chief Justice of Saint Lucia and later a British judge in Palestine and Egypt
• Patrick Joseph Plunkett (1738-1827), Bishop of Meath
• Paul Edward Plunkett (1935–2018), American judge
• Peg Plunkett (1727–1797), brothel keeper in Dublin
• Richard Plunkett (1788–1832), Beadle or night-constable of Whitechapel, London
• Robert Plunkett (d. 1815), President of Georgetown University
• Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994), inventor of Teflon
• Sean Plunket, New Zealand broadcast journalist
• Steve Plunkett, singer, guitarist and songwriter for the 1980s band Autograph
• Thomas Plunket, Irish rifleman in the British 95th Regiment of Foot circa 1809
• Thomas Plunkett (1840–1913), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), United States Army Sergeant, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg
• Thomas Flood "Tom" Plunkett (1878–1957), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Walter Plunkett (1902–1982), Academy Award-winning costume designer
• William Plunkett, 18th-century highwayman in England and possibly later a colonel and magistrate in Pennsylvania
• William C. Plunkett (1799–1884), Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855

References

References

1. Possibly an [[Anglicization]] of the Norman-French surnames ''Planquette'', ''Planquet'', ''Plonquette'', or ''Plonquet''.
2. (March 2022)
3. "Waterford (Plunkett)".

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