See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

HORACE CURZON See also:

• SIR HORACE CURZON PLUNKETT (1854– )

PLUNKETT (1854– )  , Irish politician, third son of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward, 16th See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron Dunsany, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 24th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1854, and was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, of which college he became honorary See also:

• FELLOW

fellow in 1909 . He spent ten years (1879–1889) ranching in See also:

• MONTANA

Montana, U.S.A., where, together with a substantial See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, he acquired experience that proved invaluable in the See also:

• WORK

work of agricultural See also:

• EDUCATION

education, improvement and development, to which he devoted himself on his return to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland in 1889 . At first See also:

• PLUNKETT, SIR HORACE CURZON (1854– )

Plunkett resolved to hold himself aloof from party politics, and he set himself to bring together men of all See also:

• POLITICAL

political views for the promotion of the material prosperity of the Irish See also:

• PEOPLE

people . In 1894 he founded the Irish Agricultural Organization Society, which accomplished a work of incalculable importance by introducing co-operation among Irish farmers, and by proving to the latter the benefits obtainable through more economical and efficient management . But already in 1892 he had See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt compelled to abandon his non-political attitude, and he entered See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as Unionist member for See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin (See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county) . Continuing, however, his policy of conciliation, Plunkett suggested in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1895 that a few prominent persons of various political opinions should meet to discuss and See also:

• FRAME

frame a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical legislation . The outcome of this proposal was the formation of the " See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

Recess See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee " with Plunkett as chairman, which included men of such divergent views as the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MAYO
• MAYO, RICHARD SOUTHWELL BOURKE, 6TH EARL OF (1822-1872)

Mayo, Mr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• REDMOND, JOHN EDWARD (1851- )

Redmond, The O'Conor See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don and Mr See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• SINCLAIR
• SINCLAIR, SIR JOHN, BART

Sinclair . In See also:

• JULY

July 1896 the Recess Committee issued a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, of which Plunkett was the author, containing valuable accounts of the systems of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state aid to See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture and of technical instruction in See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign countries . This report, and the growing See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Plunkett, who became a member of the Irish Privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council in 1897, led to the passing of an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act in 1899 which established a See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of agriculture and technical instruction in Ireland, of which the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief secretary was to be See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president ex officio . Plunkett was appointed See also:

• VICE

vice-president, a position which gave him See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the department's operations . It was intended that the vice-president should be responsible for the department in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, but at the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 19oo Plunkett lost his seat . An extensively signed memorial, sup-ported by the Agricultural Council, prayed that he might not be removed from See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and at the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government's See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request he continued to See also:

• DIRECT

direct the policy of the department without a seat in parliament .

He was created K.C.V.O. in 1903 . On the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of the Liberal party to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in 1906, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace Plunkett was requested by Mr See also:

• BRYCE, JAMES (1838- )

Bryce, the new chief secretary, to remain at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the department he had created . But, having sat in the House of Commons as a Unionist, Plunkett had incurred the hostility of the Nationalist party, whose resentment had been further excited by the bold statement of certain unpalatable truths in his See also:

• BOOK

book, Ireland in the New See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century (1904), in which he described the economic See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition and needs of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and the nature of the agricultural improvement schemes he had inaugurated . A determined effort was therefore made by the Nationalists to drive from office the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who had probably done more than any one else of his See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation to benefit the Irish people; and in moving a See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution in the House of Commons with this See also:

• OBJECT

object in 1907, a Nationalist declared that his party " took their stand on the principle that the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial revival could only go See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand in hand with the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement." The government gave way, and in the summer of 1907 Sir Horace Plunkett retired from office . Since the See also:

• YEAR

year 1900 a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of about £4000 had been made annually by the Department of Agriculture to the Irish Agricultural Organization Society; but the new vice-president, Mr T . W . See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell, who had been himself previously a member of the Unionist See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, withdrew in 1907 this modest support of an association with which Sir Horace Plunkett was so closely identified, and of which he continued to be the guiding spirit . In addition to the publication mentioned, Sir Horace Plunkett published Noblesse Oblige: An Irish Rendering (1908), and Rural See also:

• LIFE

Life Problems of the See also:

• UNITED

United States (191o) . See Sir Horace Plunkett, Ireland in the New Century (See also:

• LONDON

London, 19o4); Report of the Committee of Inquiry: Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland), (Cd . 3572) (1907) .