Background
Plunkett was born on 3 February 1835 at Corbalton Hall in County Meath, Ireland. He was the youngest son of Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall and Louisa Corbally.
Plunkett was born on 3 February 1835 at Corbalton Hall in County Meath, Ireland. He was the youngest son of Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall and Louisa Corbally.
In 1873, Plunkett was nominated as Secretary of Legation in Tokyo under Sir Harry Parkes. He left Tokyo in 1876 and served as Diplomatic Secretary in Street St. Petersburg, Constantinople and Paris before being appointed Parkes"s successor in Japan. In 1900 he was appointed Ambassador at Vienna.
He retired in 1905 and died in Paris in 1907.