David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore

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The Right Honourable The Lord Rathmore PC QC
"hereditary eloquence" Plunket as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, May 1880
Paymaster General
In office 24 March 1880 – 21 April 1880
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Beaconsfield
Preceded by	Sir Stephen Cave
Succeeded by	The Lord Wolverton
First Commissioner of Works
In office 24 June 1885 – 28 January 1886
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Earl of Rosebery
Succeeded by	The Earl of Morley
In office 5 August 1886 – 11 August 1892
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Earl of Elgin
Succeeded by	George Shaw-Lefevre
Personal details
Born	(1838-12-03)3 December 1838
Died	22 August 1919(1919-08-22) (aged 80) Greenore, County Louth
Resting place	Putney Vale Cemetery, London 51°26′27″N 0°14′19″W / 51.440739°N 0.238533°W / 51.440739; -0.238533
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin

David Robert Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore PC, QC (3 December 1838 – 22 August 1919) was an Irish lawyer and Conservative politician.