Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany
Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (born Dublin[1] 10 September 1939 — died Navan, County Meath, 24 May 2011), the late 20th Baron of Dunsany, with Irish, Brazilian and UK citizenship, was the grandson of the author Lord Dunsany, and a modern artist and property owner.
Plunkett was educated at Eton College and the Slade School of Fine Art, where he showed himself a brilliant draughtsman. He also attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Plunkett was primarily a painter, but also produced sculpture, usually designed by him for appearance and practical purpose, and manufactured in France. He lived with his wife, an architect qualified in the US, Ireland and the UK, at Dunsany Castle, Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland. They had two sons, the Honourable Randal Plunkett, the heir to the title, and the Honourable Oliver Plunkett.
Lord Dunsany succeeded to the title in 1999 on the death of his father, Lt-Col Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany.[2] [3]
The 20th Lord Dunsany died in May 2011 after a long illness[4] and was buried in the grounds of Dunsany Castle after a private funeral in the ancestral castle; a memorial service was held in Dunsany Parish Church a week later.
[edit] References
- ^ "Plunkett". http://www.dunsany.com/old_site/art/Main.htm. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ^ thePeerage.com - Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany
- ^ House of Lords - Minutes and Order Paper - Minutes of Proceedings - 22 November 2001 "The Lord Chancellor reported that Edward John Carlos Plunkett had established his succession to the Barony of Dunsany in the Peerage of Ireland."
- ^ Meath Chronicle online, 24 May 2011
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| Preceded by Randall Plunkett |
Baron of Dunsany 1999–2011 |
Succeeded by Randal Plunkett |
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