Earl of Fingall
Earl of Fingall was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Ireland .
Award
The title was created on September 26, 1628 for Luke Plunket, 10th Baron Killeen . In 1613 he inherited the title of Baron Killeen from his father , which was also created in the Peerage of Ireland around 1426 for his ancestor Sir Christopher Plunket .
His son, the 2nd Earl, was declared an outlaw for participating in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and his lands were confiscated. His son, the 3rd Earl, was able to take back titles and lands in 1662. His descendant, the 8th Earl, although Catholic, took part in the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and received the title Baron Fingall , of Woolhampton Lodge in the County of Berkshire in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on June 20, 1831 , conferred on a hereditary seat in the British House of Lords .
The titles finally expired on the childless death of his great-great-grandson, the 12th Earls, on March 5, 1984.
The family seat of the Earls was Killeen Castle in Dunsany in County Meath , which the grandfather of 1st Baron Killeen, Sir Christopher Plunkett († 1445), had acquired through marriage in 1399.
List of Barons Killeen and Earls of Fingall
Barone Killeen (around 1426)
- Christopher Plunket, 1st Baron Killeen († 1445)
- Christopher Plunket, 2nd Baron Killeen († 1462)
- Christopher Plunket, 3rd Baron Killeen (1440 – around 1469)
- Edmond Plunket, 4th Baron Killeen (around 1450–1510)
- John Plunket, 5th Baron Killeen († 1550)
- Patrick Plunket, 6th Baron Killeen (1521 – around 1556)
- Christopher Plunket, 7th Baron Killeen († around 1567)
- James Plunket, 8th Baron Killeen (around 1542–1595)
- Christopher Plunket, 9th Baron Killeen (1564-1613)
- Luke Plunket, 10th Baron Killeen ( elevated to Earl of Fingall in 1628 )
Earl of Fingall (1628)
- Luke Plunket, 1st Earl of Fingall (1589-1637)
- Christopher Plunket, 2nd Earl of Fingall († 1649)
- Luke Plunket, 3rd Earl of Fingall (1639 – around 1684)
- Peter Plunket, 4th Earl of Fingall (1678-1718)
- Justin Plunket, 5th Earl of Fingall († 1734)
- Robert Plunket, 6th Earl of Fingall († 1738)
- Arthur Plunket, 7th Earl of Fingall (1731–1793)
- Arthur Plunket, 8th Earl of Fingall (1759-1836)
- Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall (1791–1869)
- Arthur Plunkett, 10th Earl of Fingall (1819–1881)
- Arthur Plunkett, 11th Earl of Fingall (1859–1929)
- Oliver Plunket, 12th Earl of Fingall (1896–1984)
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Fingall, Earl of (I, 1628-1984) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Killeen, Baron (I, c. 1449-1984) at Cracroft's Peerage