Sir Horace Plunkett
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The Right Honourable Sir Horace Plunkett KCVO JP DL FRS |
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| Leader of the Irish Dominion League | |
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In office 1919–1921 |
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| Member of Parliament for South Dublin | |
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In office 1892–1900 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Thomas Esmonde |
| Succeeded by | John Joseph Mooney |
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| Born | 24 October 1854 |
| Died |
26 March 1932 Weybridge, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British/Irish |
| Political party |
Irish Conservative Party Irish Unionist Alliance Irish Dominion League |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett KCVO PC (Ire) JP DL FRS (24 October 1854 – 26 March 1932), was an Anglo-Irish agricultural reformer, pioneer of agricultural cooperatives, Unionist MP, supporter of Home Rule, Irish Senator and author.
Plunkett was a member of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland from 1891 to 1918, founder of the Recess Committee and the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IAOS), Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (DATI) for Ireland from October 1899 to May 1907, MP for South Dublin in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1892 to 1900, and Chairman of the Irish Convention of 1917–18. An adherent of Home Rule, in 1919 he founded the Irish Dominion League, hoping to keep Ireland united, and in 1922 he became a member of Seanad Éireann, the upper chamber in the Parliament of the new Irish Free State.
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