William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket
Governor of New Zealand | |
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In office 20 June 1904 – 8 June 1910 | |
Monarchs | Edward VII George V |
Prime Minister | Richard Seddon William Hall-Jones Joseph Ward |
Preceded by | The Earl of Ranfurly |
Succeeded by | The Lord Islington |
Personal details | |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 19 December 1864
Died | 24 January 1920 London, United Kingdom | (aged 55)
Spouse | Lady Victoria Plunket (née Temple-Blackwood) |
Relations | William, 4th Lord Plunket (father) |
William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket
Early life
Born in Dublin, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College Dublin. His parents were William, 4th Lord Plunket, the archbishop of Dublin in 1884–97, and his wife Anne, the daughter of Sir Benjamin Guinness.[1]
He entered the Diplomatic Service and was sent to Rome in 1889 as an attaché to the British Embassy there. In 1892, he was appointed in the same position to the embassy in Constantinople, and finally retired two years later.
Career
Having succeeded his father as fifth
Freemasonry
He was a Freemason. During his term as Governor of New Zealand (1906-1909), he was also Grand Master of New Zealand's Grand Lodge.[6]
Death
Lord Plunket died on 24 January 1920 aged 55 at 40 Elvaston Place, London, and was buried in the city's Putney Vale Cemetery.[1]
Family
Plunket married, in 1894, Lady
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References
- ^ a b c A. H. McLintock, ed. (1966). "PLUNKET, Sir William Lee Plunket, Fifth Baron, GCVO, GCMG, KBE, KGStJ, BA". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage/Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36875. London. 17 September 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Lord Plunket, GCMG, KCVO". The Governor-General. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Obituaries in 1920". ESPN Cricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Plunket Shield". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Profile Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine, kenthenderson.com.au; accessed 22 March 2016.
- ^ His family at "thepeerage.com"
- ^ "Our history". Plunket Society. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ Oppenheimer, Melanie (2005). "'Hidden under many bushels': LADY VICTORIA PLUNKET AND THE NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY FOR THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of History. 39 (1). Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1850.