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:
- Baron 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 (1793–1871) QC
- 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 (1838–1919) QC, 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 (1966–) Page of Honour to HM Queen Elisabeth II
- Baron of 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)
- 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
- Baron Louth family
- Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth (d. 1555)
- Earl of Fingall family
- 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 (1629–1681), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and martyr
- Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680), Irish confederate
- Adam Plunkett (1903–1992), Scottish footballer
- 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
- Liam Plunkett, an English cricketer
- Paul Edward Plunkett (1935-2018), American judge
- Peg Plunkett (1727 – 1797) was a brothel keeper in Dublin
- Richard Plunkett (1340-1393), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ancestor of the Barons Dunsany, Barons Killeen, and Earls of Fingall
- 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
- Royal New Zealand Plunket Society
- Plunket Shield, the original New Zealand first-class cricket championship
- Plunket shark or dogfish Centroscymnus plunketi or Proscymnodon plunketi
- Plunkett, Saskatchewan
- Plunketts Creek (disambiguation), multiple uses
- Plunkett & Macleane, 1999 film
- USS Plunkett (DD-431)
References
- ↑ Possibly an Anglicization of the Norman-French surnames Planquette, Planquet, Plonquette, or Plonquet.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687701/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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