(1882) _portrait_; _Law Times 16 July 1887 p._ 212; _Victoria
Mag. Oct. 1879 pp._ 557–60 _portrait_.
PLUMPTRE, EDWARD HAYES (brother of preceding). _b._ 6 Aug. 1821;
educ. King’s coll. London 1839–40; scholar of Univ. coll. Oxf.
1841–4; double first class 1844, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1846; fellow of
Brasenose coll. 1844–8; chaplain of King’s coll. London 1847,
resigned May 1868, professor of pastoral theology 1853–63,
professor of exegesis of Holy scriptures 1864–81; select
preacher at Oxford 1851–3, 1864–6, and 1872–3; dean of Queen’s
coll. Harley st. London 1855–75, principal of the college
1875–7, founded a scholarship in the college; assistant preacher
at Lincoln’s Inn 1851–8; prebendary of St. Paul’s 1863–81; R.
of Pluckley, Kent 1869–73; V. of Bickley. Kent 1873–81; Boyle
lecturer Oxford 1866–7; a member of the Old Testament revision
committee 1869–74 and translator and editor of several portions
of the Bible; Grinfield lecturer and examiner in school of
theology at Oxford 1872–4; dean of Wells 6 Dec. 1881 to death;
author of Lazarus and other poems 1864, 4 ed. 1884; Master and
scholar 1866, poems; Biblical studies 1870, 3 ed. 1885; Theology
and life 1884; The spirits in prison and other studies on life
after death 1884; The divine commedia and canzoniere of Dante
Alighieri, with biographical introduction, notes, and essays,
2 vols. 1886–7; Wells cathedral and its deans 1888; The life
of Thomas Ken, bishop of Bath and Wells 1888; translated The
tragedies of Sophocles 1865 and of Æschylus 1868; his name
appears on upwards of 60 publications 1849–90. _d._ the deanery,
Wells 1 Feb. 1891. _bur._ cathedral cemet. _Church portrait
journal iii_ 9 (1882) _portrait_; _Good Words April 1891 pp._
233–37 _portrait_; _I.L.N. 3 Dec. 1881 p._ 536 _portrait and 7
Sept. 1891 p._ 167 _portrait_.
PLUMPTRE, FREDERICK CHARLES (3 son of Charles Plumptre of Long
Newton, Durham). _b._ 17 Aug. 1796; educ. Univ. coll. Oxf., B.A.
1817, M.A. 1820, B.D. 1836, D.D. 1837; fellow of his college
1817–36, tutor 1820, dean and bursar 1821, master Dec. 1836
to his death; vice-chancellor 1848–51; took an active part in
university business, delegate of estates and privileges in the
university. _d._ University college 21 Nov. 1870. _bur._ in
college chapel 25 Nov. _I.L.N. 3 Dec. 1870 p._ 578; _Times 22
Nov. 1870 p._ 6, _26 Nov. p._ 6.
PLUMRIDGE, SIR JAMES HANWAY (son of James Plumridge of London,
architect). _b._ Hertford st. Mayfair, London 1787; entered
navy 6 Sept. 1799; commander 7 June 1814; commanded the Sappho
brig at St. Helena and on the Irish station 1818–21; captain 9
Oct. 1822; captain of the Magicienne frigate in the East Indies
1831–5; superintendent of the Falmouth packets 7 April 1837
to 1841; M.P. Penryn and Falmouth 1841–7; storekeeper of the
ordnance 23 June 1842 to 1847; second in command on the East
Indies station 1847–50; R.A. 7 Oct. 1852; commanded the flying
squadron in the Baltic 7 March 1854 to Feb. 1855; superintendent
of Devonport dockyard 19 Feb. 1855 to 4 Dec. 1857; member of
order of St. John of Jerusalem 12 Dec. 1857; K.C.B. 5 July
1855; V.A. 28 Nov. 1857; admiral of the blue 27 April 1863.
_d._ Hopton hall, near Lowestoft 29 Nov. 1863. _G. B. Earp’s
History of the Baltic campaign from documents furnished by sir
C. Napier_ (1857) 45, 620.
PLUNKET, WILLIAM CONYNGHAM PLUNKET, 1 Baron (youngest son of
Thomas Plunket, presbyterian minister, Enniskillen, _d._ Dublin;
1778). _b._ Enniskillen 1 July 1764; matric. in univ. of Dublin
1779; scholar Trin. coll. Dublin 1781; B.A. 1784; LL.B 1787,
LL.D. 1799; called to Irish bar Jany. 1787; K.C. 1797; M.P.
Charlemont, co. Armagh, in Irish parliament 1798–1800; appeared
for the prosecution on the trial of Robert Emmett for rebellion
Sept. 1803; solicitor general for Ireland 5 Nov. 1803 to 1805;
attorney general 23 Oct. 1805 to 15 May 1807, and 15 Jany. 1822
to 18 June 1827; M.P. Midhurst 26 Jany. to 29 April 1807; M.P.
Trinity college, Dublin univ. 1812–27; succeeded Henry Grattan
as champion of the Roman Catholic claims 1820; P.C. 10 May
1827 and 23 March 1831; chief justice of Irish court of common
pleas 18 June 1827 to 23 Dec. 1830; created baron Plunket of
Newton, co. Cork 1 May 1827; lord chancellor of Ireland 23 Dec.
1830 to Nov. 1834, and 30 April 1835 to 17 June 1841. _d._ Old
Connaught, co. Wicklow 4 Jany. 1854. _bur._ Mount Jerome cemet.
Dublin 7 Jany. _D. Plunket’s Life of lord Plunket_, 2 _vols._
(1867) _portrait_; _W. H. Curran’s Sketches of the Irish bar i_
127–53 (1855); _O’Flanagan’s Lord chancellors of Ireland ii_
403–621 (1870); _R. L. Sheil’s Sketches of the Irish bar i_
98, 119, _ii_ 377 (1854); _Dublin Univ. mag. xv_ 258–66 (1840)
_portrait_; _J. Whiteside’s Early sketches of eminent persons_
(1870) 157–210; _O. J. Burke’s History of lord chancellors of
Ireland_ (1879) 210–45; _Law Review xix_ 225–48 (1854); _Law
mag. and review xix_ 44–9 (1865); _W. C. Taylor’s National
portrait gallery iv_ 80 (1848) _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxiv_ 38,
58 (1854) _portrait_; _J. C. Hoey’s Speeches of lord Plunket_
(1856).
PLUNKET, THOMAS SPAN PLUNKET, 2 Baron (eld. son of preceding).
_b._ Dublin 1792; educ. St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1814,
and at Trin. Dublin, M.A. 1822, B.D. and D.D. 1840; dean of
Down 8 Oct. 1831; bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry 1839 to
death, consecrated at Ch. Ch. Dublin; P.C. Ireland 1846; an
ecclesiastical comr. for Ireland 1851 to death; succeeded as 2
baron 5 Jany. 1854. _d._ Lommakeady lodge, co. Galway 19 Oct.
1866.
PLUNKET, JOHN SPAN PLUNKET, 3 Baron (brother of preceding). _b._
10 July 1793; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1814, M.A. 1822;
called to Irish bar 1817; Q.C. 1 July 1837; leading counsel
for the crown in Dublin and on the Munster circuit; assistant
barrister for co. Meath; bencher of King’s Inns 1849; succeeded
as 3 baron Plunket 19 Oct. 1866. _d._ St. Valarey, Bray, co.
Dublin 16 April 1871. _bur._ Mount Jerome cemetery. _Irish Law
times v_ 200 (1871); _I.L.N. lviii_ 427 (1871).
PLUNKETT, CHARLES DAWSON (3 son of 11 baron Louth 1757–1823).
_b._ 1813; ensign 1 foot 11 Oct. 1833, lieut. col. 26 June 1866,
retired on full pay with hon. rank of M.G. 18 Nov. 1868; served
in Crimean war 1855; knight of the legion of honour 1857. _d._
Killiney, co. Dublin 19 May 1886.
PLUNKETT, JAMES. Called to Irish bar 1826, Q.C. 7 Feb. 1849.
_d._ 47 Mountjoy square, Dublin 5 Aug. 1872.
PLUNKETT, JOHN HUBERT (younger twin son of George Plunkett of
Roscommon). _b._ Mount Plunkett, co. Roscommon June 1802; educ.
Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1824; called to Irish bar 1826, went
Connaught circuit; solicitor general of New South Wales Oct.
1831 to 1836, attorney general 1836–56; member of legislative
council 1831–56; chairman of National school board 1848–56;
retired on a pension 1856; member for Argyle in legislative
assembly 1856; member of legislative council 1857–8, and
president Jany. 1857 to Feb. 1858; president of the board
of education to Feb. 1858; minister without a portfolio of
the Martin government Oct. 1863 to Feb. 1865; author of The
Australian magistrate, or a guide to the duties of a justice
of the peace, Sydney 1840, 4 ed. 1866; The magistrate’s pocket