Plunkett is an Irish language surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Pluingceid. It is associated with Ireland, and possibly of Norsemen or Normans origin;[Possibly an Anglicization of the Norman-French surnames Planquette, Planquet, Plonquette, or Plonquet.] it may be spelled O'Plunket, Plunket, Plunkit, Plunkitt, Plonkit, Plonkitt, Plonket, Plonkett, or Ó Plunceid, and may refer to:
Middle Ages
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Richard Plunkett (1340–1393), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ancestor of the Barons of Dunsany, Barons of Killeen, and Earls of Fingall
Dunsany family
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Baron of Dunsany
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Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron of Dunsany (1410–1463)
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Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket (c.1407–1471), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, brother of the 1st Baron of Dunsany
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Sir Thomas Plunket (1440–1519), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland, nephew of the 1st Baron of Dunsany
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Randal Edward Sherborne Plunkett (1848-1883), politician, son of the 16th Baron of Dunsany
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Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett (1854–1932), Irish unionist and agricultural reformer, son of the 16th Baron of Dunsany
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John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany (1853–1899)
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Reginald Plunkett (1880–1967), a British admiral, sometimes called Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax or Reginald Drax, son of the 17th Baron of Dunsany
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Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957), an Anglo-Irish writer. His pen name was Lord Dunsany
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Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany (1906-1999)
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Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (1939–2011)
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Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany (1983–)
Killeen and Fingall family
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Barons Killeen and Earls of Fingall
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Christopher Plunket, 1st Baron Killeen (d. 1445)
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John Plunket (c.1497–1582), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, great-great-grandson of the 1st Baron Killeen
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Luke Plunkett, 10th Baron Killeen, 1st Earl of Fingall (d. 1637)
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Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall (d. 1649)
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Arthur Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall (1759–1836)
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Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall (1791–1869)
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Saint Oliver Plunkett (1625–1681), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and martyr, 1st cousin of Luke Plunkett
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Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680), Irish confederate
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Sir Francis Richard Plunkett (1835–1907), British diplomat
Family of George Noble Plunkett
Distant cousins of the families of Dunsany, Killeen, and Fingall
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George Noble Plunkett (1851–1948), Irish republican and papal count
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Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
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Geraldine "Gerry" (Plunkett) Dillon (1891–1986), daughter of George Noble Plunkett
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George Oliver Plunkett (1894–1944), Irish republican, son of George Noble Plunkett
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Fiona Plunkett (1896 - 1977), daughter of George Noble Plunkett
Family of Baron Plunket
Baron Plunket is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764–1854), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Whig MP for Dublin University
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Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866), Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achon
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John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket QC (1793–1871)
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Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), the oldest person ever to be born and die in Ireland, daughter of Thomas Span Plunket
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Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene (1833-1891), author, daughter of John Span Plunket
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Frederica Louise Edith Plunket (1838–1886), daughter of Thomas Span Plunket
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William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (1828–1897), Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and later Archbishop of Dublin
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David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore QC (1838–1919), Conservative MP for Dublin University, son of John Span Plunket
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William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864–1920), Governor General of New Zealand
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Benjamin John Plunket (1870-1947), Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry and later Bishop of Meath, son of William Conyngham Plunket
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Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (1899–1938)
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Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (1923–1975), Equerry to King George VI and later Deputy Master of the Household to Queen Elizabeth II
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Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket (1925–2013), supporter and advocate of Zimbabwean Independence and racial harmony
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Tyrone Shaun Terence Plunket, 9th Baron Plunket (born 1966), Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II
Baron Louth family
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Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth (second creation) (d. 1555)
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Matthew Plunkett, 7th Baron Louth (died September 1689)
Others
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Adam Plunkett (1903–1992), Scottish footballer
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Catherine Plunkett (born c.1725), eighteenth century Irish violinist
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Charles Peshall Plunkett (1864–1931), US rear admiral
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Elizabeth Gunning (translator) (1769–1823), married name Elizabeth Plunkett, novelist and translator
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Elizabeth Plunkett, 1976 victim of serial killers Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw in Ireland
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George Thomas Plunkett, Bishop of Elphin from 1814 to 1827
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George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), New York state senator
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Harriette Merrick Plunkett (1826–1906), American sanitary reform leader
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James Plunkett, pen name of James Plunkett Kelly (1920–2003), an Irish writer
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Jim Plunkett, NFL quarterback
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John Plunket (1664–1738), Irish Jacobite
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John Plunkett, (1802–1869), Attorney-General of New South Wales
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Liam Plunkett, English cricketer
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Margaret Louise "Peggy" Plunkett Ph.D. (1906-2000), U.S. diplomat, labor official
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Oliver Plunkett (1884–1971), Chief Justice of Saint Lucia and later a British judge in Palestine and Egypt
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Patrick Joseph Plunkett (1738-1827), Bishop of Meath
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Paul Edward Plunkett (1935–2018), American judge
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Peg Plunkett (1727–1797), brothel keeper in Dublin
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Richard Plunkett (1788–1832), Beadle or night-constable of Whitechapel, London
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Robert Plunkett (d. 1815), President of Georgetown University
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Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994), inventor of Teflon
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Sean Plunket, New Zealand broadcast journalist
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Thomas Plunket, Irish rifleman in the British 95th Regiment of Foot circa 1809
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Thomas Plunkett (1840–1913), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), United States Army Sergeant, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg
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Tom Plunkett (1878–1957), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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Walter Plunkett (1902–1982), Academy Award-winning costume designer
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William Plunkett, 18th-century highwayman in England and possibly later a colonel and magistrate in Pennsylvania
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William C. Plunkett (1799–1884), Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855
See also
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Plunket Society
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Plunkett, Queensland, a neighbourhood in Australia
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Plunkett railway station, in Plunkett, Tamborine, Queensland, Australia
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Plunket Shield, the original New Zealand first-class cricket championship
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Plunket shark or dogfish Centroscymnus plunketi or Proscymnodon plunketi
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Plunkett, Saskatchewan
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Plunketts Creek (disambiguation), multiple uses
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Plunkett & Macleane, 1999 film
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USS Plunkett (DD-431)
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Waterford railway station in Ireland, named "Plunkett Station" since 1966
