Patrick Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket

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Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket, CVO, (1923-1975), was Equerry to Her Majesty The Queen, and Deputy Master of the Household of the Royal Household 1954-1975.

He was born in 1923, and succeeded to the family peerage (created 1827) in 1938. He was educated at Eton, and joined the Irish Guards.

Lord Plunket was temporary Equerry to His Majesty The King and then to Her Majesty The Queen, 1948-1954, as a Captain. On 8 September 1957 he was promoted to Major and to Lieutenant-Colonel 8 April 1969.

He was Trustee of the Wallace Collection, and of the National Art-Collection Fund.

Lord Plunket died in 1975. He is buried in the Royal Family's private burial ground at Frogmore in Windsor Park

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Terence Conyngham Plunket	Baron Plunket	Succeeded by Robin Rathmore Plunket