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The thirteenth Baron, son of the twelfth, did go through the necessary procedures to have his title and claim to a seat in the former Irish upper house properly admitted, and thus sat in the House of Lords as a peer of proven right. He was succeeded by his son, the fourteenth Baron, who served as
211:, bear not only the Dunsany's surname Plunkett, but also other surnames inherited from their mother, Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Ernle-Erle-Drax, nÊe Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Burton (1855â1916), giving them a rare
91:, there is no record of a Dunsany as a peer before 1489, and the creation may well have been as late as 1462, the year Sir Christopher died. On the other hand, Debrett's listed the date of creation of the peerage as 1439, confirmed by
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113:. The fourth Baron was a soldier of some repute who was killed trying to put down a rising in 1521. His son, the fifth Baron, was a soldier and statesman who was accused of complicity in the rebellion of
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132:, but neglected the necessary measures needed to have himself recognised as the holder of the peerage, and, as such, was not summoned to further Parliaments. The twelfth Baron conformed to the
79:. The elder Christopher married Joan Cusack, heiress of Killeen and Dunsany, and passed Killeen to his eldest son and Dunsany to the second. The date at which Christopher Plunkett became a
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197:. He was a well-known poet, playwright and author of short stories and novels, best known now for his short stories in the field of fantasy, the
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to preserve the lands of both
Dunsany and Killeen, but did not take the necessary steps to confirm his right to the title and to the seat in the
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and was an Irish
Representative Peer from 1850 to 1852. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixteenth Baron. The latter was an
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by writ; the
Complete Peerage claims that peerages by writ did not exist in Ireland, despite evidence to the contrary.
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holder of the title since the 12th Baron. As of 2013, the title is held by the eighteenth Baron's great-grandson,
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Dexter a pegasus per fess Or and Argent sinister an antelope Argent armed unguled plain collared and chained Or.
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England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, by G.E.C.
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was a key figure in the development of Irish agriculture and the Irish cooperative movement.
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Dunsany Castle",
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The third Baron was a founder member of the military order known as the
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is the holder's brother, the Hon. Oliver
Plunkett (born 1985).
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Sable a bend Argent, in sinister chief a tower triple towered.
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The ancestral seat of this branch of the
Plunkett family is
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The nineteenth Baron was a career soldier, primarily in the
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Edward John
Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
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created a competing, and sometimes overlapping, system.
35:, is one of the oldest (1439 or 1462) dignities in the
286:. In either case, the holder of the title is called
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New edition, rev. and much enl., edited by the Hon.
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The seventeenth Baron was succeeded by his son, the
656:(1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany
421:Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany
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226:, while the twentieth, the painter and sculptor
711:Sorted by (historical) entity at time of grant
391:Randall Edward Plunkett, 15th Baron of Dunsany
385:Edward Wadding Plunkett, 14th Baron of Dunsany
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652:Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors):
403:John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany
361:Christopher Plunkett, 10th Baron of Dunsany
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207:. The descendants of his younger brother,
128:. He was restored to his estates after the
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673:
349:Christopher Plunkett, 8th Baron of Dunsany
337:Christopher Plunkett, 6th Baron of Dunsany
300:Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany
703:Extant baronies in the Peerage of Ireland
20:Edward, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878â1957)
15:
513:Note: also held by a line of Plunketts.
379:Randall Plunkett, 13th Baron of Dunsany
367:Randall Plunkett, 11th Baron of Dunsany
87:, is uncertain; according to Cokayne's
77:Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron Killeen
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427:Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany
397:Edward Plunkett, 16th Baron of Dunsany
373:Edward Plunkett, 12th Baron of Dunsany
355:Patrick Plunkett, 9th Baron of Dunsany
343:Patrick Plunkett, 7th Baron of Dunsany
306:Richard Plunkett, 2nd Baron of Dunsany
236:Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany
228:Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany
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331:Robert Plunkett, 5th Baron of Dunsany
325:Edward Plunkett, 4th Baron of Dunsany
290:in all but the most formal contexts.
120:The eleventh Baron was a follower of
43:(1223, now a subsidiary title of the
319:John Plunkett, 3rd Baron of Dunsany
71:The first Baron of Dunsany was Sir
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446:Coat of arms of Baron of Dunsany
83:, and a hereditary member of the
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159:The fifteenth Baron represented
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204:The King of Elfland's Daughter
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63:(1541, feudally 1324).
51:(1344, feudally 1223),
951:Dufferin and Claneboye
491:(and Baron of Killeen)
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184:Gloucestershire South
45:Marquess of Lansdowne
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609:. 1936. p. 352.
280:The Complete Peerage
180:Member of Parliament
138:Irish House of Lords
73:Christopher Plunkett
1045:Oranmore and Browne
718:Lordship of Ireland
524:Lordship of Ireland
495:Plunkett Foundation
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224:British Indian Army
156:from 1836 to 1848.
126:Glorious Revolution
31:or, more commonly,
24:Irish peerage title
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767:Kingdom of Ireland
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130:Treaty of Limerick
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165:House of Commons
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75:, second son of
29:Baron of Dunsany
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1013:Castlemaine
429:(born 1983)
423:(1939â2011)
417:(1906â1999)
411:(1878â1957)
405:(1853â1899)
399:(1808â1889)
393:(1804â1852)
387:(1773â1848)
381:(1739â1821)
375:(1713â1781)
369:(died 1735)
363:(died 1690)
357:(1595â1668)
351:(died 1603)
345:(died 1601)
339:(died 1564)
333:(died 1559)
327:(died 1521)
321:(died 1500)
313: 1480
302:(1410â1463)
57:Baron Louth
53:Trimlestown
1111:Categories
1008:Rendlesham
978:Clanmorris
895:Carrington
829:Kensington
819:Newborough
501:References
465:Supporters
459:Escutcheon
173:Royal Navy
27:The title
880:Waterpark
851:Sheffield
824:Macdonald
782:Inchiquin
531:chiefdoms
274:as Baron
104:pretender
95:in 1461.
973:Dunalley
956:Henniker
946:Langford
907:Rossmore
875:Kilmaine
863:Auckland
846:Muskerry
743:Dunboyne
733:Kingsale
483:See also
161:Drogheda
61:Dunboyne
55:(1469),
49:Kingsale
1023:Garvagh
983:Ashtown
929:ffrench
924:Crofton
809:Farnham
799:Carbery
738:Dunsany
256:Ireland
199:Jorkens
171:in the
169:admiral
163:in the
109:to the
67:History
1062:Fermoy
1057:Bellew
1018:Decies
968:Ventry
934:Henley
919:Hotham
885:Graves
804:Aylmer
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591:9 June
308:(died
152:as an
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841:Massy
814:Lisle
787:Digby
748:Louth
471:Motto
453:Crest
262:Style
217:Ernle
41:Kerry
643:ISBN
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242:Seat
182:for
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