Francis Plunkett Dunne

Major-General Francis Plunkett Dunne
Born	c.1802
Died	6 July 1874
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Awards	Privy Counsellor of Ireland (1866) Order of St Saviour (Greece)
Other work	Politician

Major-General Rt Hon Francis Plunkett Dunne, PC(Ire), (died 1874), was an Irish landowner, officer in the British Army, and member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, where he was sometimes known as 'the Honourable Member for the Army' because of his staunch support of the military.

Francis Plunkett Dunne was the eldest son of General Edward Dunne (1767–1844) of Brittas, Queen's County (now County Laois), by his wife Frances White, sister of the 1st Earl of Bantry.

Dunne was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and the Senior Department of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (the Senior Department was the predecessor of the Staff College).

Dunne was commissioned (by purchase) as a Cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards in 1823, and purchased promotions to Lieutenant in 1825 and Captain in 1826. Shortly after the latter promotion he was placed on half pay, but exchanged into the 10th Foot in 1829, serving with that regiment for the remainder of his active career. For much of that time the 10th was stationed in the Ionian Islands, and Dunne was awarded the Order of St Saviour of Greece. In 1840 Dunne was promoted to be an unattached Major on the half-pay list: he never returned to full pay, but he did receive periodic brevet promotions: Lieutenant-Colonel in 1851, Colonel in 1854, and Major-General in 1865. He was also Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant and later Honorary Colonel of the Queen's County Militia.

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