Plunkett

Plunkett is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Pluingceid. It is associated with Ireland, and possibly of Norse or Norman origin;^[1] 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

Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463) and uncle of the 1st Baron of Killeen
Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket (c.1407–1471), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, brother of the 1st Baron of Dunsany and uncle of the 1st Baron of Killeen
Sir Thomas Plunket (1440–1519), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland, nephew of the 1st Baron of Dunsany and 1st cousin of the 1st Baron of Killeen
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
Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (1939–2011)
Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (1983–)

Killeen and Fingall family

Christopher Plunket, 1st Baron Killeen (d. 1445)
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
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^[2]
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

References

^ Possibly an Anglicization of the Norman-French surnames Planquette, Planquet, Plonquette, or Plonquet.
^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687701/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 ^{[user-generated source]}
^ "Waterford (Plunkett)".