Anne Lee Plunket, Lady Plunket (née Guinness; 1839 – 8 November 1889) was an Irish philanthropist.

Biography

Anne Lee Guinness was born in 1839, and was the only daughter of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet. While her father was restoring

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, she became involved in causes helping the poor and sick in that area of Dublin, sponsoring bible readings and basic medical supplies. This led to her establishing St Patrick's nursing home in 1876, which became a training centre for

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nurses. Guinness married

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on 11 June 1863. The couple had two sons and four daughters,

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, Elizabeth Charlotte Plunket, Most Rev. Hon.

Benjamin Plunket Benjamin John Plunket was a 20th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland. Plunket was the son of William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket, and Anne Lee Guinness (sister of the Lord Ardilaun). Born in Bray on 1 August 1870, he was educated at the Harrow S ...

, Hon. Olivia Anne Plunket, Hon. Kathleen Louisa Plunket, and Hon. Ethel Josephine Plunket. The dowry that Guinness brought to the marriage, £49,000, allowed Plunket to extend their home at

Old Connaught House Old Connaught House is an 18th-century house located in Rathmichael, Dublin, Ireland. Though originally built for bishop William Gore, shortly after his death in 1784 it was leased by William Plunket (later Baron Plunket). The house was occu ...

and restore the walled garden. Her husband supported Guinness' work at St Patrick's, and she in turn assisted in her educational projects including an extension of

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and the establishment of the Irish Clergy Daughters’ School at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin. For large portion of her life, Guinness suffered from a degenerative illness, dying at Old Connaught House on 8 November 1889. She is buried at

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in the Guinness family vault. She is commemorated with a series of stained-glass windows depicting the works of

Dorcas Dorcas ( el, Δορκάς, Dorkás, used as a translated variant of the Aramaic name), or Tabitha ( arc, טביתא/ܛܒܝܬܐ, Ṭaḇīṯā, (female) gazelle), was an early disciple of Jesus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (, see discussi ...

in St Patrick's Cathedral.

References

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