Randall Edward Plunkett, 15th Baron Dunsany (5 September 1804 – 7 April 1852) was an

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peer and

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politician.

Biography

Plunkett was the son of Edward Plunkett, 14th Baron Dunsany and his first wife, Hon. Charlotte Louisa Lawless. On 29 June 1835, he was declared elected on petition as the Member of Parliament for

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, after his opponent Andrew O'Dwyer had been deemed ineligible. He represented the seat as a Conservative until 1837. On 11 December 1848, he inherited his father's title, becoming

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. In 1850 Dunsany was elected as an

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and took his seat in the

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. On 29 December 1838, he married Elizabeth Evelyn. Dunsany was succeeded in his title by his younger brother, Edward.'Dunsany, Baron (Plunkett)'
''Debrett's Illustrated Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland''
(Bosworth, 1865), p.137.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunsany, Randall Plunkett, 15th Baron of 1804 births 1852 deaths 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers Irish Conservative Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Louth constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1835–1837 Barons of Dunsany