Background
Plunket was the first son of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket and his wife, Catherine (née McCausland).
Plunket was the first son of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket and his wife, Catherine (née McCausland).
He was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge.
He served as Dean of Down from 1831 to 1839 before being elevated to the episcopy as Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in 1839, a position he held until his death in 1866. On the death of his father in 1854, he became the 2nd Baron Plunket. He was buried in the churchyard of his now ruined church at Tourmakeady.
On 26 October 1819, Plunket married Louisa-Jane (1798–1893), 2nd daughter of John William Foster of Fanevalley, County Louth.
Their children were:
Katherine (1820–1932) - one of the longest-lived Irish persons ever
Emily (d Rome, 1843)
Mary
Frederica-Louisa (1838–1886)
Gertrude (1 February 1841–1924).