1ST

BARON

See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM CONYNGHAM

See also:

• PLUNKET, OLIVER (1629—1681)
• 1ST BARON WILLIAM CONYNGHAM PLUNKET PLUNKET (1764—1854)

PLUNKET PLUNKET (1764—1854)  , Irish lawyer, orator and statesman, was born in the county of Fermanagh in July 1764.1 He was educated first by his father, a Presbyterian minister of considerable ability and reputation, and in 1779 he became a student of Trinity College, Dublin . He was conspicuous as the acknowledged leader of the Historical Society, the debating club of Trinity College, then full of young men of remarkable promise . Having entered Lincoln's Inn in 1784, Plunket was called to the Irish bar in 1787 . He gradually obtained a considerable practice in equity; and was made a king's counsel in 1797 . ' The Irish Plunkets are distinguished by the spelling of the name from the Plunketts of the families of the barons Dunsany (cr . 1439) and the earls of Fingall (cr . 1628), though the earlier members of these houses are often given the spelling of Plunket . Rathmore . William Lee Plunket, 5th baron (b . 1864), was governor of New Zealand from 1904 to 1910 .