Thom's Irish Who's Who/Fingall, Earl of

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Arthur James Plunkett

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FINGALL, Earl of, 1628; Baron Killeen, 1436 (Irld.); Baron Fingall (Unit. Kgd., 1831), Arthur James Plunkett, 11th Earl, P.C. (Irld., 1892); D.L., Co. Meath; formerly Lieut. 5th Batt. Prince of Wales' Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians); served with the Imp. Yeo. in S. Africa; late Major 5th Batt. Connaught Rangers, and was State Steward to Viceroy of Ireland (Earl Spencer); Master of the Horse to the Earl of Dudley, 1905; Major 7th Batt. The Leinster Regt., 1914-15; eldest son of Arthur James, 10th Earl, and Elsie (d. 1862), dau. of Mon. A. F. Rio, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour; b. 1st April, 1859; s. his father 24th April, 1881; m. 15th May, 1883, Elizabeth, dau. of George Burke, J.P., of Danesfield, Co. Galway, and had issue two sons and two daus. Res.: Killeen Castle. Dunsany, Co. Meath. Clubs: Brooks's, The Orleans, London; Hibernian United Service, Dublin.