Baron Plunket

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Baron Plunket, of Newtown in the County of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1827 for the Irish lawyer and Whig politician William Conyngham Plunket.

[edit] Barons Plunket (1827)

• William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764-1854)
• Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792-1866)
• John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket (1793-1871)
• William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828-1897)
• William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864-1920)
• Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (1899-1938)
• Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923-1975)
• Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket (b. 1925)

The heir presumptive to the barony is the present holder's brother, Hon. Shaun Albert Frederick Sheridan Plunket (b. 1931).