Baron Louth
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Baron Louth is a title in the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

. It was created in 1541 for Sir Oliver Plunkett
Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth
Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth , was an Irish peer.Plunkett was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Louth in 1541. He died in circa 1555 and was succeeded in the barony by his son Thomas.-References:...

. His great-great-great-grandson, the seventh Baron, served as Lord Lieutenant of County Louth
Lord Lieutenant of Louth
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Louth. The office was created on 23 August 1831.*Patrick Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew 9 December 1831 – 10 December 1866*John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell 14 January 1867 – 17 April 1879...

. However, he later supported King James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

 and was outlawed. His great-great-grandson, the eleventh Baron, managed to obtain a reversal of the outlawry and was restored to the title. As of 2010 the title is held by the latter's great-great-great-grandson, the sixteenth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1950. The present Baron is a resident of Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...

, Channel Islands
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...

.

Saint Oliver Plunkett
Oliver Plunkett
Saint Oliver Plunkett was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland....

 was related to Barons of Louth. Also, Admiral Peter Warren
Peter Warren (admiral)
Sir Peter Warren, KB was a British naval officer from Ireland who commanded the naval forces in the attack on the French fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia in 1745...

 was a female-line great-grandson of the fifth Baron.

Barons Louth (1541)

  • Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth
    Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth
    Oliver Plunkett, 1st Baron Louth , was an Irish peer.Plunkett was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Louth in 1541. He died in circa 1555 and was succeeded in the barony by his son Thomas.-References:...

     (d. 1555)
  • Thomas Plunkett, 2nd Baron Louth (c. 1547–1571)
  • Patrick Plunkett, 3rd Baron Louth (1548–1575)
  • Oliver Plunkett, 4th Baron Louth (d. 1607)
  • Matthew Plunkett, 5th Baron Louth (d. 1629)
  • Oliver Plunkett, 6th Baron Louth (1608–1679)
  • Matthew Plunkett, 7th Baron Louth (d. 1689) (outlawed)
  • Oliver Plunkett, de jure 8th Baron Louth (1668–1707)
  • Matthew Plunkett, de jure 9th Baron Louth (1698–1754)
  • Oliver Plunkett, de jure 10th Baron Louth (1727–1763)
  • Thomas Oliver Plunkett, 11th Baron Louth (1757–1823) (restored to title)
  • Thomas Oliver Plunkett, 12th Baron Louth (1809–1849)
  • Randal Percy Otway Plunkett, 13th Baron Louth (1832–1883)
  • Randal Pulgrim Ralph Plunkett, 14th Baron Louth (1868–1941)
  • Otway Randal Percy Oliver Plunkett, 15th Baron Louth (1892–1950)
  • Otway Michael James Oliver Plunkett, 16th Baron Louth (b. 1929)

The Heir Apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....

is the present holder's son the Hon. Jonathan Oliver Plunkett (b. 1952)

The Heir Apparent's Heir Apparent is his son Matthew Oliver Plunkett (b. 1982)
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