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About William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket
William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, PC (Ire), QC was an Irish politician and lawyer. After gaining public notoriety as the prosecutor in the treason trial of Robert Emmet in 1803, he rose rapidly in government service. He became Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1830 and served, with a brief interruption, in that post until his retirement in 1841.
Everything about William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket →- Occupation
- politician, judge
- Position held
- member of the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, member of the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- July 1, 1764
- Died
- January 5, 1854, January 4, 1854