Lucas Plunkett, 1st Earl of Fingall

Bio note:

Outlawed with other Catholic Lords 1641; a Commander of Horse in the rebellion of that year; taken prisoner at the Battle of Rathmines 1649; excepted posthumously from pardon of life and estates under Cromwell's Act of Grace 1652. Also, 10th Baron Killeen.

Sources:

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Lucas Plunkett:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p18433.htm#i184327

Lucas Plunkett, 1st Earl of Fingall [1]

• M, #184327,
• d. 29 March 1637
• Last Edited=23 Jun 2011

Lucas Plunkett, 1st Earl of Fingall was the son of Christopher Plunkett, 8th Lord Killeen and Genet Dillon.[1],[2]

He married, secondly, Margaret St. Lawrence, daughter of Nicholas St. Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth and Margaret Barnewall.[3]

He married, firstly, Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of Henry FitzGerald, 2nd/12th Earl of Kildare and Lady Frances Howard, before 1611.[4]

He married, thirdly, Eleanor Bagenal, daughter of Dudley Bagenal and Mabel Fitzgerald.[5]

He died on 29 March 1637.[5]

He was created 1st Earl of Fingall.[1]

Citations

• 1. [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 238. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
• 2. [S34] Peter Townend, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition (London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1970), page 1009. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage, 105th ed.
• 3. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1601. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 4. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2299.
• 5. [S47] Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), Bagenal, page 45. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Irish Family Records.

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Date Revised: 27 Jan 2018 by Jane Smith

Lucas Plunkett - Family Search

Title of Nobility
10th Lord of Killeen
1st Earl of Fingall

Other sources:

born

mar. (1)

Lady Elizabeth O'Donnell (dsp.), dau. of Roderick [O'Donnell], 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, by his wife Lady Bridget FitzGerald, 1st surv. dau. and cohrss. of Henry [FitzGerald], 12th Earl of Kildare

mar. (2)

after 9 Jun 1611 Hon Susanna Brabazon, sister of William [Brabazon], 1st Earl of Meath, and 5th dau. of Edward [Brabazon], 1st Baron Brabazon, by his wife Mary Smyth, dau. of Edward Smyth, of Mitcham, co. Surrey, Clerk of the Board of the Green Cloth

children by second wife

1. Hon Christopher Plunkett, later 2nd Earl of Fingall

2. Hon ..... Plunkett

3. Hon ..... Plunkett

4. Col Hon George Plunkett, mar. Cicely Hill, dau. of Sir William Hill, of Allenston, co. Meath, and had issue:

1a. James Plunkett, mar. (1) his second cousin once removed Catherine Plunkett, dau. of Edward Plunkett, of Loughcrew, co. Meath, brother of St Oliver Plunkett, Archbishop of Armagh, and son and heir of Hon John Plunkett, of Loughcrew, co. Meath (by his wife Thomasine Dillon, dau. of Henry Dillon, of Kentstown), 2nd son of James [Plunkett], 7th Baron Killeen, and had issue:

1b. Mary Plunkett, mar. William O'Mara

James Plunkett mar. (2) Mary Cusack, dau. of Robert Cusack, of Jenistown, co. Meath, and had further issue:

1b. Robert Plunkett, later 6th Earl of Fingall

1. Lady Catherine Plunkett, mar. John Talbot, of Malahide, 1st son and heir of Richard Talbot, of Malahide, by his wife Elizabeth Kempe, dau. of Sir German Kempe, and had issue

2. Lady Susanna Plunkett, mar. Christopher Taafe, of Ballybraggan, and had issue

3. Lady Joan Plunkett, mar. Lawrence Dowdall, of Athlumney, co. Meath, Sheriff of Meath, and had issue

mar. (3)

bef. 21 Mar 1627/8 Eleanor Colclough (widow of Sir Thomas Colclough, of Tintern Abbey, co. Wexford; d. Nov 1632), 2nd dau. of Dudley Bagenal, of Dunleckny, co. Carlow, by his second wife Mabel FitzGerald, dau. of George FitzGerald, of Tecroghan, co, Meath

mar. (4)

Hon Margaret Preston (widow of Jenico [Preston], 5th Viscount Gormanston; d. 16 Nov 1637; bur. at Stamullen), dau. of Nicholas [St Lawrence], 8th Baron Howth, by his second wife Mary Whyte, dau. of Sir Nicholas Whyte, of Leixlip

died

29 Mar 1637

created

26 Sep 1628 Earl of Fingall

suc. by

son by second wife

note

suc. his father bef. Jan 1612/3 as 9th Baron Killeen; had a grant of 2,400 acres (the manor of Courtown) in co. Cavan and co. Meath; served on the Committee for Privileges