George Noble Plunkett

George Noble Plunkett
Minister for Fine Arts
In office 26 August 1921 – 9 January 1922
President	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 22 January 1919 – 26 August 1921
President	Éamon de Valera
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Arthur Griffith
Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office 22 January 1919 – 22 January 1919
Deputy	John J. O'Kelly
Preceded by	Cathal Brugha
Succeeded by	Seán T. O'Kelly
Teachta Dála
In office August 1923 – June 1927
Constituency	Roscommon
In office May 1921 – August 1923
Constituency	Leitrim–Roscommon North
In office December 1918 – May 1921
Constituency	Roscommon North
Member of Parliament
In office February 1917 – November 1922
Preceded by	James O'Kelly
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Constituency	Roscommon North
Personal details
Born	George Noble Plunkett (1851-12-03)3 December 1851 Dublin, Ireland
Died	12 March 1948(1948-03-12) (aged 96) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Sinn Féin (1917–onwards)
Other political affiliations	Independent (1917)
Spouse	Josephine Cranny ​ (m. 1881)​
Children	7, including Joseph, George, and Fiona
Education	Clongowes Wood College
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin

George Noble Plunkett (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.^[1]