Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax is the quadruple-barrelled surname of the descendants of Admiral

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Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (1880–1967), who was the younger son of the 17th Baron of Dunsany by his wife Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor, née Burton, later Ernle-Erle-Drax (1855–1916). The surname of Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax was assumed in lieu of Plunkett, his name from birth, by

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on 4 October 1916. Ernle is pronounced . The current head of the family is the Westminster M.P. Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, otherwise

Richard Drax Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (born 29 January 1958) is a British Conservative politician, journalist and landowner, serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset since 2010. Early life Drax was born on 29 January 195 ...

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under the account of the Dunsany barony for a complete listing of the Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax family.

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