Plunkett

Plunkett, a surname often associated with Ireland, possibly of Norse or Norman origin, may be spelled Plunkett, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Plunceid, and may refer to:

• 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 (1793–1871) QC
  • Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), the oldest person in Irish history. 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 (1838–1919) QC, Conservative MP for Dublin University. Son of John Span Plunket
  • William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864–1920) Governor of New Zealand
  • Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (1899–1938)
  • Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923–1975)
  • Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket (1925–2013)

• Baron of Dunsany family
  • Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463)
  • John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853–1899)
  • 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 (b. 1939)
  • Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854 – 1932) Irish unionist and agricultural reformer
  • George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948), Irish republican and papal count
  • Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
  • George Oliver Plunkett (1895–1940), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
  • Reginald Plunkett (1880–1967), a British admiral, sometimes called Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Reginald Plunkett or Reginald Drax

• Baron Louth family
  • Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth (d. 1555)
• Earl of Fingall family
  • 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 (1629–1681), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and martyr
  • Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680), Irish confederate

• Charles Peshall Plunkett (1864–1931), US rear admiral
• Charles Robert Plunkett (1892–1980), anarchist and academic
• George Thomas Plunkett, Bishop of Elphin from 1814 to 1827
• George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), a New York state senator
• Jim Plunkett, an NFL quarterback
• James Plunkett, pen name of James Plunkett Kelly (1920–2003), an Irish writer
• Liam Plunkett, an English cricketer
• Peg Plunkett (1727 – 1797) was a brothel keeper in Dublin
• 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, an Irish rifleman in the British 95th Regiment of Foot circa 1809
• Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), a United States Army Sergeant, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg
• Walter Plunkett (1902–1982), an Academy Award-winning costume designer
• William Plunkett, a highwayman
• William C. Plunkett (1799–1884), Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855

See also

• Royal New Zealand Plunket Society
• Plunket Shield, the original New Zealand first-class cricket championship
• Plunket shark or dogfish Centroscymnus plunketi or Proscymnodon plunketi
• Plunkett, Saskatchewan
• Plunketts Creek (disambiguation), multiple uses
• Plunkett & Macleane, 1999 film
• USS Plunkett (DD-431)