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Lord Dunsany

24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957

565 works in the book catalog catalog

Biography

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett was born in Ireland, the first son of John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany and Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Ernle-Erle-Drax. He spent his childhood at several family properties, including Dunstall Priory in Shoreham, Kent, Dunsany Castle in County Meath, as wells as other family homes such as in London. His schooling was at Cheam, Eton and finally Sandhurst, which he entered in 1896. He became the 18th Baron of Dunsany when his father died in 1899, and he returned to Dunsany Castle in 1901 after war duty. He married Lady Beatrice Child Villiers in 1904. Their child, Randal, was born in 1906.

Edward Plunkett was a writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, which he published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than eighty books of his work were published, and his oeuvre includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels and essays.

Also published as: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Baron Dunsany, Edward Plunkett, 18. Baron of Dunsany, Plunkett, Edward 18th Baron of Dunsany, Edward 18th Baron of Dunsany, Drax Plunkett Dunsany, Edward Plunkett, 18. Baron Dunsany

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