Not all highwaymen were well-born like French aristocrat Claude Duval or James MacLaine, who was the second son of a minister, but this romanticized portrayal extended to such working-class robbers as MacLaine's partner William Plunkett, as well as Richard Ferguson, George Lyons, Richard Ferguson, Tom King, John Nevison, and John Rann.
William C. Plunkett, former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1854-55)
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William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764 – 1854), Irish politician and lawyer who eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland
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William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864 – 1920), British diplomat and administrator
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William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828 – 1897), Church of Ireland Dean of Christ Church Cathedral and Archbishop of Dublin
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