# Plunkett

Plunkett is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Pluingceid. It is associated with Ireland, and possibly of Norse or Norman origin; it may be spelled O'Plunket, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Ó Plunceid, and may refer to:

## Middle Ages

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

## Dunsany family

* Baron of Dunsany
* Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463)
* Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket (c.1407–1471), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, brother of the 1st Baron of Dunsany
* Sir Thomas Plunket (1440–1519), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland, nephew of the 1st Baron of Dunsany
* Randal Edward Sherborne Plunkett (1848-1843), politician, son of the 16th Baron of Dunsany
* Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854–1932), Irish unionist and agricultural reformer, son of the 16th Baron of Dunsany
* John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853–1899)
* Reginald Plunkett (1880–1967), a British admiral, sometimes called Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax or Reginald Drax, son of the 17th Baron of Dunsany
* Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957), an Anglo-Irish writer. His pen name was Lord Dunsany
* Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany (1906-1999)
* Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (1939–2011)
* Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (1983–)

## Killeen and Fingall family

* Barons Killeen and Earls of Fingall
* Christopher Plunket, 1st Baron Killeen (d. 1445)
* John Plunket (c.1497–1582), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, great-great-grandson of the 1st Baron Killeen
* 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, 1st cousin of Luke Plunkett
* Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680), Irish confederate
* Sir Francis Richard Plunkett (1835–1907), British diplomat

## Family of George Noble Plunkett

Distant cousins of the families of Dunsany, Killeen, and Fingall
* George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948), Irish republican and papal count
* Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
* Geraldine "Gerry" (Plunkett) Dillon (1891–1986), daughter of George Noble Plunkett
* George Oliver Plunkett (1894–1944), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
* Fiona Plunkett (1896 - 1977), daughter of George Noble Plunkett

## Family of 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 QC (1793–1871)
* Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), the oldest person ever to be born and die in Ireland, daughter of Thomas Span Plunket
* Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene (1833-1891), author, daughter of John Span Plunket
* Frederica Louise Edith Plunket (1838–1886), 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 VI and later Deputy Master of the Household to Queen Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth II

## Baron Louth family

* Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth (second creation) (d. 1555)
* Matthew Plunkett, 7th Baron Louth (died September 1689)

## Others

* Adam Plunkett (1903–1992), Scottish footballer
* Catherine Plunkett (born c.1725), eighteenth century Irish violinist
* Charles Peshall Plunkett (1864–1931), US rear admiral
* George Thomas Plunkett, Bishop of Elphin from 1814 to 1827
* George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), New York state senator
* Harriette Merrick Plunkett (1826–1906), American sanitary reform leader
* Jim Plunkett, NFL quarterback
* James Plunkett, pen name of James Plunkett Kelly (1920–2003), an Irish writer
* John Plunket (1664–1738), Irish Jacobite
* John Plunkett, (1802–1869), Attorney-General of New South Wales
* Liam Plunkett, English cricketer
* Margaret Louise "Peggy" Plunkett Ph.D. (1906-2000), U.S. diplomat, labor official
* Oliver Plunkett (1884–1971), Chief Justice of Saint Lucia and later a British judge in Palestine and Egypt
* Patrick Joseph Plunkett (1738-1827), Bishop of Meath
* Paul Edward Plunkett (1935–2018), American judge
* Peg Plunkett (1727–1797), 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
* Thomas Plunket, Irish rifleman in the British 95th Regiment of Foot circa 1809
* Thomas Plunkett (1840–1913), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), United States Army Sergeant, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg
* Thomas Flood "Tom" Plunkett (1878–1957), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Walter Plunkett (1902–1982), Academy Award-winning costume designer
* William Plunkett, 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