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unusual facts about William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket


William Plunkett

William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828 – 1897), Church of Ireland Dean of Christ Church Cathedral and Archbishop of Dublin


Baron Plunket

It was created in 1827 for the prominent Irish lawyer and Whig politician William Plunket.

Leon Chechemian

His efforts were supported by William C. Plunket, a baron who was Primate of the Church of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin.

Richard Chenevix Trench

George W. E. Russell described Trench as "a man of singularly vague and dreamy habits" and recounted the following anecdote of his old age:He once went back to pay a visit to his successor, Lord Plunket.

William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket

The following year, he became Rector of Kilmoyan and Cummer in County Galway.

Another son, Benjamin, served as Bishop of Meath and was the father of Olive, Countess Fitzwilliam.

William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket

He was appointed CVO and KCVO in 1900 and 1903 respectively, and in 1904 he became Governor of New Zealand as well as a KCMG the following year.

In 1894, he also married Lady Victoria Alexandrina, youngest daughter of the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, by whom he was to have eight children.

William Plunkett

William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764 – 1854), Irish politician and lawyer who eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland

William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864 – 1920), British diplomat and administrator


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