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ON March 26 died Sir Horace Plunkett, after a brief illness, though it was only the culminating attack of many years of ill health. He was born in 1854 of distinguished stock belonging to one of the oldest families of the Pale, the third son of the sixteenth Lord Dunsany. Educated at Eton and University College, Oxford, considerations of health led him to America soon after taking hrs degree, and there he took up cattle-ranching in Wyoming. He was successful enough to be able to return to Ireland ten years later with a fortune and a stock of experiences from which his gentle humour often drew an illuminating commentary on the subject under discussion. His business interests took him back to America almost every year, and the friendships he formed with leading men in the United States were often of service in enlightening public opinion both there and here.
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H., A. The Right Hon. Sir Horace Plunkett, K.C.V.O., F.R.S. Nature 129, 568–569 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129568a0
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