   william conyngham plunket, 1st baron plunket pc, kc (1 july 1764 â 5 january 1854) was an irish politician and lawyer. he served as lord chancellor of ireland between 1830 and 1834 and again between 1835 and 1841. ==background and education== the son of a presbyterian minister, reverend thomas plunket of dublin, and his wife mary (nÃ©e conyngham),the peerage of the british empire, 27th edn, 1858, edmund lodge esq, accessed 25 december 2008 plunket was born in enniskillen, county fermanagh, and educated at trinity college dublin. after graduating in 1784, he was admitted as a student at lincoln's inn, and was called to the irish bar three years later. ==legal and political career== plunket was made a king's counsel in 1795, and three years later was elected to the irish house of commons as a member of parliament for charlemont. after the act of union was passed, plunket lost his seat, and failed to be elected to westminster for the university of dublin in 1802, but he subsequently became solicitor-general for ireland in 1803, a post he held for t
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