Terence Conyngham Plunket, 6th Baron Plunket (12 July 1899 – 24 February 1938), was the son of The 5th Baron Plunket and

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Victoria Alexandrina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood. He became the 6th

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, of Newtown in the

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, on the death of his father on 24 January 1920. On 4 December 1922, he married Dorothée Mabel Barnato (née Lewis), widow of Captain Jack Barnato and the illegitimate daughter of actress

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and The 7th Marquess of Londonderry. The Plunkets died in 1938 in a plane crash in California. After planning a stay of several weeks in California, they arrived in Hollywood around 11 February 1938. They had rented the mansion of former screen comedian

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. As guests of publicist

William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His extravagant methods of yellow jou ...

, Lord Plunket, his wife and their travelling companion, James Lawrence, a son of Sir Walter Lawrence of London, boarded a plane owned by Hearst's San Francisco and Los Angeles newspapers. They were bound for the Hearst ranch at

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, now known as

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. In the coastal fog surrounding the airstrip on the ranch, the pilot overshot the field by nearly a mile and a half. One wing struck the ground, causing the plane to burst into flames and crash. James Lawrence was the only survivor, having been thrown clear of the plane. He suffered burns and a broken ankle.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SQYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QtQFAAAAIBAJ&dq=obispo&pg=6328%2C3027461 After the Plunkets' deaths, their sons were raised by Lord Plunket's sister,

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Helen Rhodes, and her husband, Arthur Tahu Rhodes. Lord and Lady Plunket had three sons: * Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket (b. 8 Sep 1923, d. 1975) * Captain Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8th Baron Plunket (b. 3 Dec 1925, d. 16 Nov 2013) * The Hon. Shaun Albert Frederick Sheridan Plunket (b. 5 Apr 1931, d. 10 January 2012)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plunket, Terence 1899 births 1938 deaths 6 Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Rifle Brigade officers British Army personnel of World War I Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States British people of Irish descent

Terence Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six Roman comedy, comedies based on Greek comedy, Greek originals by Menander or Apollodorus of Carystus. A ...

Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1938

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