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Randall Plunkett, 15th Baron of Dunsany

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Randall Plunkett
Representative peer of Ireland
In office
1850-1852
Member of Parliament for Drogheda
In office
1835-1837
Personal details
Born(1804-09-05)5 September 1804
Died7 April 1852(1852-04-07) (aged 47)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Elizabeth Evelyn
(m. 1838)
Parent

Randall Edward Plunkett, 15th Baron Dunsany (5 September 1804 – 7 April 1852) was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative politician.

Biography

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Plunkett was the son of Edward Plunkett, 14th Baron Dunsany and his first wife, Hon. Charlotte Louisa Lawless.[citation needed]

On 29 June 1835, he was declared elected on petition as the Member of Parliament for Drogheda, after his opponent Andrew O'Dwyer had been deemed ineligible. He represented the seat as a Conservative until 1837. On 11 December 1848, he inherited his father's title, becoming Baron of Dunsany. In 1850 Dunsany was elected as an Irish representative peer and took his seat in the House of Lords.[citation needed]

On 29 December 1838, he married Elizabeth Evelyn. Dunsany was succeeded in his title by his younger brother, Edward.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 'Dunsany, Baron (Plunkett)', Debrett's Illustrated Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Bosworth, 1865), p.137.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Drogheda
1835-1837
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1850–1852
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron of Dunsany
1848–1852
Succeeded by