Patrick Plunkett, 7th Baron of Dunsany (died 1601 or 1602) was an Irish nobleman.

Family

Patrick was the son of

Christopher Plunkett, 6th Baron of Dunsany Christopher Plunkett, 6th Baron of Dunsany (died 1564 or 1565) was an Irish nobleman. Family He was the second son of Robert Plunkett Baron of Dunsany, and his wife Eleanor (née Darcy), daughter of the Lord Treasurer of Ireland, Sir William D ...

, and his wife Elizabeth (née Barnewall), daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall of Crickstown.''Burke's Peerage'', 107th edition, 2003, Vol.1, p.1240 He succeeded his father in the title in 1564 or 1565, but was a minor, and was placed in the wardship of a relative of his mother,

Christopher Barnewall Sir Christopher Barnewall (1522–1575) was a leading Anglo-Irish statesman of the Pale in the 1560s and 1570s. He was the effective Leader of the Opposition in the Irish House of Commons in the Parliament of 1568–71. He is remembered for buil ...

, a politician and landowning knight, of

Turvey House Turvey House was a substantially altered 16th century house synonymous with the townland of Turvey ( ga, Tuirbhe) near Donabate in North County Dublin. Turvey is said to be a reference to the Irish mythical character Tuirbe Tragmar ("thrower of ...

, County Dublin. Plunkett married the 11th youngest daughter (one of nineteen children) of his guardian (and his wife Marion (née Sherle)), Mary Barnewall. The couple received in 1572 a substantial gift of money and farm animals, partly as the advance dowry for the future marriage of their son Christopher Plunkett to another of Sir Christopher Barnewall's daughters.

Education and politics

The 7th baron attended a grammar school at Ratoath, and was reputed for his learning; a book by

Richard Stanihurst Richard Stanyhurst (1547–1618) was an Anglo-Irish alchemist, translator, poet and historian, who was born in Dublin. Life His father, James Stanyhurst, was Recorder of Dublin, and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons in 1557, 1560 and 1568. ...

about Ireland, published in 1584, was dedicated to him. The 7th baron attended at least the 1585 Irish Parliament and held a local appointment in 1599. He assisted the government in dealing with a rebellion in 1600, alongside Henry Óg O'Neill and Sir Geoffrey Fenton. He was acquainted with Queen Elizabeth I, who granted him 20 horsemen and funding to support them, and a mug reputedly from whom has been held at Dunsany Castle since the 16th century.

Death and succession

Patrick Plunkett died in 1601 or 1602, and was succeeded briefly by his son Christopher, who in turn died in 1603, not having fulfilled the marriage pledge with the Barnewalls, and was succeeded by his son Patrick.

References

1600s deaths Barons of Dunsany 16th-century Anglo-Irish people 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{Ireland-baron-stub