Background
Plunket"s mother, Dorothé Mabel Lewis, was the illegitimate daughter of the actress Fannie Ward and 7th Marquess of Londonderry.
Plunket"s mother, Dorothé Mabel Lewis, was the illegitimate daughter of the actress Fannie Ward and 7th Marquess of Londonderry.
Eton College.
He was educated at Eton College and joined the Irish Guards. Plunket was temporary Equerry to King George VI and then to Queen Elizabeth II (1948-1954) as a captain. On 8 September 1957 he was promoted to major and to lieutenant-colonel 8 April 1969.
Lord Plunket was Trustee of the Wallace Collection and of the National Art Collection Fund.
Unmarried, Lord Plunket died of cancer in 1975. The Queen unusually attended both his funeral at the Chapel Royal and his memorial service at the Guards’ Chapel.
He is buried in the Royal Family"s private burial ground at Frogmore in Windsor Park. The Queen had a memorial built for him in Valley Gardens, Windsor Great Park (a little pavilion with four columns) at the top of the valley.