John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket

John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket of Newtown, County Cork (10 July 1793 – 16 April 1871) was an Irish peer and Queen's Counsel. He was the second son of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, and Catherine MacAusland. He succeeded his brother Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket in 1866. He married Charlotte, daughter of the eminent judge Charles Kendal Bushe and his wife Anne (Nancy) Crampton.

Family

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Children of John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket of Newton and Charlotte Bushe:

Coat of arms of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket
 
 
Crest
A horse passant Argent charged on the shoulder with a portcullis.
Escutcheon
Sable a bend a castle in chief and a portcullis in base Argent.
Supporters
Dexter an antelope Proper sinister a horse Argent both charged on the shoulder with a portcullis Sable.
Motto
Festina Lente[1]

References

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  1. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1850.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Plunket
1866–1871
Succeeded by