Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket

The Right Reverend Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792 – 1866), was Bishop of Tuam, Killaly and Achonry.^[1]

Plunket was the first son of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket and his wife, Catherine (née McCausland). He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.^[2] On the death of his father in 1854, he became the 2nd Baron Plunket. On his death, he was succeeded as Baron Plunket by his younger brother. His middle name is taken from his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth (née Span).

Family

On 26 October 1819, Plunket married Louisa-Jane (1798-1893)^[3], 2nd daughter of John William Foster of Fanevalley, County Louth.

Their children were:

Katherine (1820–1932) - the longest-lived Irish person ever
Emily (d. Rome, 1843)
Mary
Frederica-Louisa (1838–1886)
Gertrude (1 February 1841–1924)

References

^ The Peerage Of The British Empire, 27th Edn, 1858, Edmund Lodge Esq, accessed 25 December 2008
^ Plunket, Thomas [Span] in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ McCausland Genealogy

Church of Ireland titles
New title	Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry 1839–1866	Succeeded by Charles Bernard
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William, 1st Baron	Baron Plunket 1854–1866	Succeeded by John, 3rd Baron