Researching George Plunkett
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 792 people with the Plunkett surname? In that year Plunkett was ranked number 2790 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1803 people with the Plunkett surname in the UK? Plunkett is now ranked number 2469 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called George Plunkett
George Noble Plunkett
George Noble Plunkett KCHS (3 December 1851 – 12 March 1948) was an Irish nationalist politician, museum director and biographer, who served as Minister for Fine Arts from 1921 to 1922, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1921 and Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1927. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Roscommon North from 1917 to 1922.
He was the father of Joseph Plunkett, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, as well as George Oliver Plunkett, Fiona Plunkett and John (Jack) Plunkett who also fought during the rising and subsequently during the Irish revolutionary period.
Source: George Noble Plunkett, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGeorge Plunkett (photographer)
George Arthur Frank Plunkett (1913–2006) was an English photographer. Plunkett was born in Norwich, and from 1931 to 2006, built a comprehensive photographic survey of his home city and further afield. His written work includes five papers for the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society published in the society's transactions and two published books.
From February 2016, a permanent exhibition of Plunkett's work has been on show in the George Plunkett Room at the Sir Garnet public house close to the city's market square.
Source: George Plunkett (photographer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Plunkett
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