Background
Lord Dunsany succeeded to the title in 1999 on the death of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany.
Lord Dunsany succeeded to the title in 1999 on the death of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Randal Arthur Henry Plunkett, 19th Baron of Dunsany.
Plunkett was educated at Eton College and the Slade School of Fine Art, where he showed himself a brilliant draughtsman. He also attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
An artist and architect, he was based in London, Rome, and New York, as well as spending short periods in Brazil and France, before his return to the family estate near the Hill of Tara. Edward Plunkett co-founded de Marsillac Plunkett Incorporated, Designers and Architects, a New York-based partnership for which he provided design elements for his wife"s architectural work. Plunkett was primarily a painter, but also produced sculptures designed by him and manufactured in France or United Kingdom. He was also greatly successful at product design.
His last architectural work was the contemporary conversion of an 18th Century wing of Dunsany Castle into a studio and exhibition area.
lieutenant is called The Plunkett Gallery. lieutenant houses Lord Dunsany"s paintings, lithographs, drawings, architectural projects, sculptures, multiples and his objects (perfume bottles, Champagne bottles, and numbered editions of vases and dinner services).
lieutenant is open to visitors by appointment. They had two sons, Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany, and the Honourable Oliver Plunkett.
In addition, Lord Dunsany had two step children Daniel and Joana de Marsillac, who were very close to him and he considered them as his own.
The 20th Lord Dunsany died in May 2011 after a long illness and was buried in the grounds of Dunsany Castle after a private funeral in the ancestral castle. A memorial service was held in Dunsany Parish Church a week later.