Horace Plunkett
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett, KCVO, PC, DL, JP, FRS (24 October 1854 – 26 March 1932), was an Anglo-Irish unionist, an agricultural reformer, dedicated idealist and pioneer of agricultural co-operation, politician, Member of Parliament (MP) and author.
He was a member of the Congested Districts Board, Ireland, 1891–1918; Founder of Recess Committee and Irish Agricultural Organisational Society (IAOS); Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction (DATI) for Ireland from Oct. 1899 to May 1907; MP. for South Dublin (1892–1900) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Chairman of the Irish Convention, 1917–18. An adherent of Home Rule, he founded 1914(–1922) the Irish Dominion League to keep Ireland united, and in 1922 he became a member of the new Irish Free State Senate, Seanad Éireann.
Read more about Horace Plunkett: Family and Background, Pioneering Co-operation, Success and Opposition, Expanding Co-operation, Efforts Obstructed, Political Re-orientation, Recognition Abroad, Departure From Ireland, Personal Life
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