Elizabeth Gunning (1769–1823) was a French-into-English translator and a novelist.
Miss Gunning married Major James Plunkett of Kinnaird, County Roscommon, Ireland in 1803, and they had a son James "Gunning" Plunkett.
[2][3] She died after a long illness on 20 July 1823, at Long Melford, Suffolk.
Their other children included George Argyle Plunkett, who became a physician in Brooklyn, New York.
She published several translations from the French, including: