Plunkett

Plunkett, a surname often associated with Ireland, possibly of Norse or Norman origin,[1] may be spelled Plunkett, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Plunceid, and may refer to:

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

Dunsany family
  • Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463)
  • John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853–1899)
  • Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957), an Anglo-Irish writer. His pen name was Lord Dunsany
  • Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (1939–2011)
  • Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (1983-)
  • Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854–1932), Irish unionist and agricultural reformer
  • George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948), Irish republican and papal count
  • Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
  • George Oliver Plunkett (1895–1940), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
  • Reginald Plunkett (1880–1967), a British admiral, sometimes called Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Reginald Plunkett or Reginald Drax

Fingall and Killeen families
  • Luke Plunkett, 10th Baron Killeen, 1st Earl of Fingall (d. 1637)
  • Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall (d. 1649)
  • Arthur James Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall (1759–1836)
  • Arthur James Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall(1791–1869)
  • Saint Oliver Plunkett (1625–1681), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and martyr
  • Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680), Irish confederate
  • Sir Francis Richard Plunkett (1835–1907), British diplomat

Family of Lord Plunket

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 in Irish history. 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
  • Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (1899–1938)
  • Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923–1975), Equerry to King George IV and later Deputy Master of the Household to Queen Elisabeth 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 Elisabeth II

Baron Louth family

Others
  • Adam Plunkett (1903–1992), Scottish footballer
  • Catherine Plunkett (born c 1725), eighteenth century Irish violinist
  • Charles Peshall Plunkett (1864–1931), US rear admiral
  • Charles Robert Plunkett (1892–1980), anarchist and academic
  • George Thomas Plunkett, Bishop of Elphin from 1814 to 1827
  • George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), a New York state senator
  • Jim Plunkett, an NFL quarterback
  • James Plunkett, pen name of James Plunkett Kelly (1920–2003), an Irish writer
  • John Plunket (1664–1738), an Irish Jacobite
  • John Plunkett, (1802-1869), Attorney-General of New South Wales
  • Liam Plunkett, an English cricketer
  • Paul Edward Plunkett (1935–2018), American judge
  • Peg Plunkett (1727–1797) was a 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[2]
  • Thomas Plunket, an Irish rifleman in the British 95th Regiment of Foot circa 1809
  • Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), a United States Army Sergeant, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg
  • Walter Plunkett (1902–1982), an Academy Award-winning costume designer
  • William Plunkett, an 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
See also

References
  1. Possibly an Anglicization of the Norman-French surnames Planquette, Planquet, Plonquette, or Plonquet.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687701/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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