Horace Plunkett
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.
The Right Honourable Sir Horace Plunkett | |
|---|---|
| Seanad Éireann | |
| In office 11 December 1922 – 14 November 1923 | |
| Leader of the Irish Dominion League | |
| In office 1919–1921 | |
| Irish Convention | |
| In office 1917–1918 | |
| MP for South Dublin | |
| In office 1892–1900 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Thomas Esmonde |
| Succeeded by | John Joseph Mooney |
| Congested Districts Board for Ireland | |
| In office 1891–1918 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1854 Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 26 March 1932 (aged 77) Weybridge, Surrey, England |
| Political party | |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
Plunkett, a younger brother of John Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany, was a member of the Congested Districts Board for Ireland for over 27 years, founder of the Recess Committee and the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IAOS), vice-president (operational head) of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (DATI) for Ireland (predecessor to the Department of Agriculture) from October 1899 to May 1907, Unionist 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, still aiming to keep Ireland united, and in 1922 he became a member of the first formation of Seanad Éireann, the upper chamber in the Parliament of the new Irish Free State. He has been described as a Christian socialist.