556 DUNSANY (Conservative) for Drogheda, 1835-37. ^.^p- PeeR [I-] 1850-52. Hew., 29 Dec. 1838, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Elizabeth, only da. and h. of Lyndon Evelyn, of Keynsham Court, co. Hereford. He d. s.p., 7 Apr. 1852, at Dunsany Castle, co. Meath. Will pr. June 1852. His widow d. 2 Apr. 1875, at 18 Bolton Gardens, South Kensington, Midx. XVI. 1852. 1.6. Edward (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany [I.], 3rd, yst. and only surv. br. and h., b. 29 Nov. 1808, at Rams- gate, Kent; was an officer, R.N., serving against pirates in the Archipelago, 1826; served on the coast of Spain, 1 835-40; Capt. R.N., 1846; Rear Adm. (reserved list), 1864; Vice Adm. 1871; Adm., 1877. Proved his right to vote at the election of Rep. Peers [I.] 13 June 1856. Rep. Peer [I.] (Conservative) 1864-89. He ;«., 22 Sep. 1846, at Sherborne Hall, Anne Constance, 3rd da. of John (Dutton), 2nd Baron Sherborne, by Mary, only child of Henry Bilson (Legge), 2nd Baron Stawell. She, who was b. 12 Sep. and bap. 22 Dec. 18 16, at Sherborne, d. there 27 June, and was bur. 2 July 1858, aged 41. He d. at Hastings, 22, and was bur. 25 Feb. 1889, aged 80, at Copthorne, Sussex. Will dat. 9 Feb. 1889, pr. at
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XVII. 1889. 17. John William (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany [I.], 2nd(*) but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 31 Aug. 1853; ed. at Trin. Coll. Cambridge, B.A. 1877, M.A. 1881; Lieut. R.N. Artillery Volunteers; M.P. (Conservative) for South Gloucestershire 1886-92. Proved his right to vote at the election of Rep. Peers [I.] 1890. Rep. Peer [I.] 1893-99. ^^ "^-i 3 -^pi"- 1877, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Ernie Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor, only da. and h. of Col. Francis Augustus Plunkett Burton (Coldstream Guards), by Sarah Frances Eliza- beth, yr. da. and coh. of John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge-Erle-Drax, of Charborough Park, Dorset. He d. after a short illness, 16 Jan. 1899, at Dunsany Castle, aged 45. Will pr. over ;^8,ooo gross, net nil. His widow, who by Royal lie, 20 Dec. 1905, assumed the surnames of Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, d. at her residence, Dunstall Priory, Shoreham- by-Sevenoaks, Kent, 28 Feb. 19 16. XVIII. 1899. 18. Edward John Moreton Drax (Plunkett), Lord Dunsany [I.], ist s. and h. ap., b. 24 July 1878; ed. at Eton; sometime Lieut. Coldstream Guards; served in the S.African War, 1 900-0 1. C") Proved his right to vote at the election of Rep. Peers [I.] 2 May 1 90 1. He served in the great European War, 19 14 — , as («) His elder br., the Hon. Randall Edward Sherborne Plunkett, M.P. for West Gloucestershire, 1874-80, d. unm. and v.p., 25 Dec. 1883, at Madeira, aged 35. C") For a list of peers and heirs ap. of peers who served in this war, see vol. iii, Appendix B.
