Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket
Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866), was Bishop of Tuam, Killaly and Achonry.[1]
| Styles of Thomas Plunket | |
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| Reference style | The Rt. Rev. and The Hon. |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Plunket was the first son of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket and his wife, Catherine (née McCausland). He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[2] He served as Dean of Down from 1831 to 1839 before being elevated to the episcopy as Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in 1839, a position he held until his death in 1866. He moved to live on a private estate at Tourmakeady, where he evicted many Catholic families for not sending their children to the Protestant school. In 1852 he built a Protestant church in the vicinity.
On the death of his father in 1854, he became the 2nd Baron Plunket. On his death, he was succeeded as Baron Plunket by his younger brother. His middle name is taken from his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth (née Span). He was buried in the churchyard of his now ruined church at Tourmakeady.
Family
On 26 October 1819, Plunket married Louisa-Jane (1798–1893),[3] 2nd daughter of John William Foster of Fanevalley, County Louth.
Their children were:
- Katherine Plunket (1820–1932) - the longest-lived Irish person ever
- Emily (d. Rome, 1843)
- Mary
- Frederica Plunket (1838–1886)
- Gertrude (1 February 1841 – 1924)
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References
- The Peerage Of The British Empire, 27th Edn, 1858, Edmund Lodge Esq, accessed 25 December 2008
- "Plunket, Thomas [Span] (PLNT809TS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- McCausland Genealogy
- Burke's Peerage. 1850.
| Church of Ireland titles | ||
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| Preceded by Power Le Poer Trench as Archbishop of Tuam |
Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry 1839–1866 |
Succeeded by Charles Bernard |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by William, 1st Baron |
Baron Plunket 1854–1866 |
Succeeded by John, 3rd Baron |
