Luke Plunket, 3rd Earl of Fingall
Luke Plunket | |
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Earl of Fingall | |
Tenure | 1649–1684 |
Predecessor | Christopher, 2nd Earl of Fingall |
Successor | |
Born | 1639 |
Died | 1684 |
Spouse(s) | Margaret MacCarthy |
Issue Detail | Peter, & others |
Father | Christopher, 2nd Earl of Fingall |
Mother | Mabel Barnewall |
Luke Plunket, 3rd Earl of Fingall and 12th Baron Killeen (1639–1684) was an Irish soldier and politician. He was one of the signatories of the Catholic Remonstrance of 1661.
Birth and origins[]
Luke was born in 1639 in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Christopher Plunket and his wife Mabel Barnewall. His father was the 2nd Earl of Fingall (since 1637). As the eldest son Luke held the courtesy title of Baron of Killeen.[1] His father's family was Old English and attested in Ireland since the 11th century.[2] His mother was the daughter of Nicholas Barnewall, 1st viscount Kingsland and Lady Bridget FitzGerald. His parents had married in January 1636.[3]
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Early life[]
His father fought for the insurgents in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Irish Confederate Wars. After the dissolution of the Irish Catholic Confederation in 1649,[10] he continued his fight in the Royalist Alliance against the Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian Conquest. On 2 August 1649 his father fought under James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond at the Battle of Rathmines for the Royalist alliance against the Parliamentarians. He was wounded and taken prisoner by the Parliamentarians. He died two weeks later of his wounds while in captivity at Dublin Castle. Lord Killeen therefore succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Fingall in August 1649 at the age of 10.
Marriage and children[]
Sometime before 1666, Fingall married Margaret MacCarty, daughter of Donough MacCarthy, 1st Earl of Clancarty and Eleanor Butler.[11]
Luke and Margaret had six children, three sons (of which the elder two died young and are not known by name):
- Peter (1678–1718), his successor[12]
—and three daughters:
- Elizabeth, married to Rowland Eyre, Esq., of Hassop in Derbyshire and of Estwell in Staffordshire
- Helena, married first in 1681 to Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, Baronet, of Donadea in County Kildare and secondly to Michael Fleming, Esq., of Staholmuck in County Meath
- Amelia, married , the last earl of Carlingford[13]
Later life[]
In December 1661 Lord Fingall was one of the signatories of the Catholic Remonstrance and presented the document personally to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond for submission to the king.[14]
Death and timeline[]
Lord Fingall died in 1684.[15]
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As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages. | ||
Age | Date | Event |
0 | 1639 | Born[1] |
10 | 1649, 30 Jan | King Charles I beheaded.[16] |
10 | 1649, Aug | Succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Fingall |
21 | 1660, 29 May | Restoration of King Charles II[17] |
23 | 1662 | Recovered his lands[18] |
39 | 1678 | Peter, his third but only surviving son, born |
46 | 1685, 6 Feb | Accession of King James II, succeeding King Charles II[19] |
46 | 1685, about | Died |
Notes, citations, and sources[]
Notes[]
Citations[]
- ^ a b Cokayne 1890, p. 353: "3. Luke (Plunkett), Earl of Fingall, &c. [I. [Ireland]] s. [son] and h. [heir], b. [born] 1639; styled Lord Killeen until 1649;"
- ^ Burke & Burke 1909, p. 728, right column, line 16: "This noble family is of Danish origin, but its settlement in Ireland is so remote that nothing certain can be ascertained as to the precise period. So early as the 11th century we find John Plunkett was seated at Beaulieu, or Bewley, Meath ..."
- ^ Burke & Burke 1909, p. 729, left column, line 51: "He m. [married] in Jan. 1636 Mabel Barnewall, dau. [daughter] of Nicholas, 1st Viscount Kingsland"
- ^ Dunboyne 1968, pp. 16–17: "Butler Family Tree condensed"
- ^ Mountmorres 1792, p. 216: Pedigree from Walter, 10th Earl, to John, 15th Earl, in note
- ^ Burke & Burke 1909, p. 1400–1401: Genealogy of the earls and dukes of Ormonde
- ^ Debrett 1828, p. 641–642: Genealogy of the earls and dukes of Ormonde
- ^ Cokayne 1895, p. 149–153: Genealogy of the earls and dukes of Ormonde
- ^ Cokayne 1926, p. 385–390: "Genealogy of the earls of Fingall"
- ^ Duffy 2002, p. 114, line 38: "The confederacy was dissolved ..."
- ^ Creighton, "Plunket, Luke", Last paragraph, 2nd sentence: "At some point before 1666 he married Margaret, daughter of Donough MacCarthy, 1st earl of Clancarty ..."
- ^ Creighton, "Plunket, Luke", Last paragraph, penultimate sentence: "The earl died in 1684 and was succeeded by Peter Plunket (1678–1718), his third but eldest surviving son."
- ^ Lodge 1789, p. 187, line 26: "Amelia to Theobald the last Earl of Carlingford."
- ^ Creighton, "Plunket, Luke", 3rd paragraph: "Fingal subscribed to the Irish catholic remonstrance of 1661 and in fact delivered the original document to Ormond to be presented to Charles II."
- ^ Creighton, "Plunket, Luke", Last paragraph: "The earl died in 1684 and was succeeded by Peter Plunket (1678–1718), his third but eldest surviving son."
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 17: "Charles I. ... exec. 30 Jan. 1649 ..."
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 39: "Charles II. ... acc. 29 May 1660 ..."
- ^ Dunlop 1896, p. 440, right column, line 53: "His eldest son and heir, Luke, third Earl of Fingall, was restored to his estates and honours by order of the Court of Claims in 1662"
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 46: "James II. ... acc. 6 Feb. 1685 ..."
Sources[]
- Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P. (1909). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (71st ed.). London: Harrison. OCLC 28297274.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1890). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. 3 (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. OCLC 1180838776. – D to F (for Fingall)
- Cokayne, George Edward (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. 6 (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. OCLC 1180818801. – N to R (for Ormond)
- Cokayne, George Edward (1926). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. 5 (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat
- Creighton, Anne. "Plunket, Luke". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 5 August 2021. – Online edition
- Debrett, John (1828). Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 (17th ed.). London: F. C. and J. Rivington. OCLC 54499602. – Scotland and Ireland
- Duffy, Seán (2002). The Illustrated History of Ireland. New York: Contemporary Books. ISBN 0-8092-2437-2.
- Dunboyne, Patrick Theobald Tower Butler, Baron (1968). Butler Family History (2nd ed.). Kilkenny: Rothe House.
- Dunlop, Robert (1896). "Plunket, Christopher, second earl of Fingall (d. 1649)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 45. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. pp. 440–441. OCLC 8544105.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 (3rd ed.). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193-106-8.
- Lodge, John (1789). Archdall, Mervyn (ed.). The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom. 6. Dublin: James Moore. OCLC 264906028. – Viscounts, barons
- Mountmorres, Hervey Redmond Morres, Viscount (1792). The History of the Principal Transactions of the Irish Parliament from the Year 1634 to 1666. 1. London: T. Cadell. OCLC 843863159. – House of Lords
- 1649 births
- 17th-century Irish people
- Earls of Fingall
- People from County Meath