Baron Dunsany
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The Barony of Dunsany was created by writ of summons in the Peerage of Ireland in 1439. In 1461, the peerage was confirmed by letters patent. The peerage is still extant. The first Baron was the uncle of Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron Kileen (from whom the Earls of Fingall descended). The title is listed by "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage" as Baron of Dunsany and not Baron Dunsany; "The Complete Peerage" dies not, and in normal parlance Baron Dunsany is referred to as Lord Dunsany. The ancestral seat of this branch of the Plunkett family is Dunsany Castle in County Meath in the Republic of Ireland.
[edit] Barons of Dunsany (1439)
- Christopher Plunkett, 1st Baron Dunsany (1410-1463)
- Richard Plunkett, 2nd Baron Dunsany (d. c. 1480)
- John Plunkett, 3rd Baron Dunsany (d. 1500)
- Edward Plunkett, 4th Baron Dunsany (d. 1521)
- Robert Plunkett, 5th Baron Dunsany (d. 1559)
- Christopher Plunkett, 6th Baron Dunsany (d. 1564)
- Patrick Plunkett, 7th Baron Dunsany (d. 1601)
- Christopher Plunkett, 8th Baron Dunsany (1603)
- Patrick Plunkett, 9th Baron Dunsany (1595-1668)
- Christopher Plunkett, 10th Baron Dunsany (d. 1690)
- Randall Plunkett, 11th Baron Dunsany (d. 1735)
- Edward Plunkett, 12th Baron Dunsany (1713-1781)
- Randall Plunkett, 13th Baron Dunsany (1739-1821)
- Edward Wadding Plunkett, 14th Baron Dunsany (1773-1848), elected a Representative Peer in 1836
- Randall Edward Plunkett, 15th Baron Dunsany (1804-1852), elected a Representative Peer in 1850
- Edward Plunkett, 16th Baron Dunsany (1808-1889), elected a Representative Peer in 1864
- John William Plunkett, 17th Baron Dunsany (1853-1899), elected a Representative Peer in 1893
- Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (1878-1957)
- Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron Dunsany (1906-1999)
- Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron Dunsany (b. 1939)
