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Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1920, Page 2

Lord Picket, whose death was recor.ded earlier in the week, was the I fifth Bijiop, (created 182/), and was born on December 19th. 1864. H,e was' the son of tiie Fourth Baron Plunket, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of lielnnd, and Anne Lee, only daughter of Sir Benjamin Lee Guiness, Bt., and sister of Lord Ardilaun ancj Iveagh. Lord Plunket succeeded to the title in 189/. He married in 1894, Lady Victoria Alexandrian Hamilton-Templp-Blnckwood, youngest daughter of the Marquess of Duffprip and Avp, Up was pdqcafpd af Harrow apd Trinity College Dubljp (B,A), fie yj-as Honorary Attache to tlie Embassy af Romp, 1389-92 at Constantinople 1892,' and he retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1894. Ho was Private Secretary to the Lords. Lieutenant of Ireland, 1900-04. In 1904 lie was appointed Governor of New' Zealand, and assumed office on June 30th, 1904, in succession to Lord Ranfurlv. Lord and Lady Plunket very quickly associated themselves with the Iffe pf trio community, and their poftiilaj'jty with all classes was firmly established ip fhp Dominion. Lady Plunket

took » very great interest in flic welfare of women and girls, and her name will always ho connected with Plunket Society, of which she was the founder. Tlie foundation of tlie Plunket Shield will (iVfi r pi,’call Lord Plunkot’s keen interest ip cricket in New Zealand. Lord Pliuiket was a prominent Freemason, and held office as Grand Master j/f jthe Grand Lodge of New Zealand from 1900 f<f 1910. He fook a v.ery active and kepn interest in the Graff throughput his .term of office, and enjoyed the highest c.steoni and love of the brethren, Swcp his return to England Lord and Lady Plunket have never epased to maintain their interest in the jffo-

miion. Lord Plunket was chairman fff the War Contingent Association, whose woi/k in jtlie interests of New Zealand soldiers in Fra pee but particularly in England, was monumental. The tops of thousands of Dominion soldiers who passed through London on leave during the war, will ever cherish it warm regard for the unselfish, untiring, tiltd noble wprk of tlie association of which Lord Plunket was the distinguished. head, and in which he evinced the closest personal interest. Lord

Plunket’s heir is tlie Hon Terence Cpnynham Plunket. Two of his daughters iij'c .at present in Christchurch,, the elder of wlioni is the wife of Captain Taliu Rhodes, Grenadier Guards, oulv (ion of Mr and Mrs A. l£. 0. Rhodes, r/t' ! ‘T.e iCoralia,'” Merivale. The Hop. Eileen Plunket, who accompanied Captain and the Hon. Airs Tull 11 Rhodes from England to New Zealand in the Reniuem, arriving in tlie Dominion last October, sew pinch service in France, where she was lor a considerable time driving a motor nmbukjfl.ee with, the French Army.