Arundell Counts

The Letters Patent of 1595 for Thomas Arundell of Wardour

The Imperial Letters Patent of 1595

The Translation of the Imperial Letters Patent of 1595: We have desired not to forget the notable virtues by which more and more you bring honour to your distinguished race at home and abroad, as when first you imbued your mind with the liberal arts, you went to foreign provinces, you saw many customs and many cities, you learned the use of great things, and finally out of such distant and remote places you came animated by a rare and singular zeal in Hungary at your own expense to this sacred war that we are waging against the Turkish host, common enemy of the Christian name; you conducted yourself bravely and vigorously in open battles and in sieges, that you were greatly commended by the Most Serene Prince Archduke Mathias our dearest brother and by the first commanders of our army to Our admiration and that of all nations, for this notable example among others observed in the storming of the citadel of Víziváros near Esztergom, when you seized the Turkish standard with your own hand and offered yourself to be seen at the very beginning of the battle, but we have desired to kindly honour you and your legitimate descendants by some eminent mark of our grace;

Therefore of our own motion, certain knowledge, mature deliberation and with good counsel, and in the plenitude of our Imperial authority and power, We have created, made and appointed you, the said Thomas Arundell , whose kinship with counts is already accepted by the more prominent in England, and to all and singular your natural heirs, successors and legitimate descendants of either sex to be born in perpetual succession, true Counts and Countesses of the Holy Roman Empire, and by this title, honour and dignity of Imperial Count we have raised and distinguished you, as by these present we create, make, appoint, raise and distinguish you, willing and by this our imperial edict valid in perpetuity ordaining firmly and expressly that you, said Thomas Arundell, and all your issue and legitimate posterity male and female in infinity might and shall hold, receive and obtain the name and dignity of Count of the Empire henceforth for all times and be honored, called and known by it in all pronouncements written and verbal in all matters spiritual and temporal, ecclesiastic and lay, and finally that you might and shall use, enjoy, and possess, freely and without any impediment, all honors, ornaments, dignities, graces, liberties, privileges, rights, concessions, customs, preeminences and prerogatives such as our other Counts of the Holy Roman Empire use, enjoy, and possess, by right or custom.

Notwithstanding any thing to the contrary even if such should exist of which in these present special and express mention should have been made, to which any and all things insofar as they are or could in any way be contrary we of our imperial authority knowingly derogate and want and declare by these present that have been sufficiently derogated; and the rights and superiorities of the Most Serene Princess and Lady Elizabeth, Queen of England, France and Ireland our dearest sister and cousin always inviolate and saved. And thus be it permitted to no man of whatever rank, status, order, condition and dignity they might be or whatever eminence they might hold, to transgress or be so bold as to dare contravene this page of our confirmation, ratification, approbation, corroboration, erection, authority, will, grace and decree. And whosoever should do so, he will find himself incuring our most serious wrath and that of the Holy Roman Empire and the pain of one hundred marks of pure gold, of which half we grant to our imperial treasury and the rest to the usage of those who have suffered injury, removing any hope of relief or pardon. In witness these letters signed by our hand and our Imperial seal appended. Given in our royal city of Prague, the 14th day of December the year of the Lord 1595, of our reign of the Romans the 21st, of Hungary the 24th and of Bohemia the 21st. Rudolph, By his Imperial Majesty's command Johann Barwitz.

The History of Count Thomas Arundell of Wardour of the HRE

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, 1st Count of the Holy Roman Empire (ca. 1560 – 7 Novembe 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/1534 – 24 December 1598), and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, and his wife Lady Anne Grey, the youngest daughter of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset. He distinguished himself in battle against the Ottoman Turks in the service of the Emperor Rudolf II, and was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire. His assumption of the title displeased Queen Elizabeth, who refused to recognize it, and imprisoned him in the Fleet Prison. In 1605 Arundell was created 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour. In the same year, he was briefly suspected of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot.

Sir Thomas Arundell (c. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/1534 – 24 December 1598), a member of the ancient family of Arundell of Cornwall, and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, and his wife Lady Anne Grey, the youngest daughter of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset. His father inherited extensive former monastic lands, and served in a number of administrative capacities, including high sheriff, custos rotulorum, and Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.

In her youth his mother served for several years in the household of Princess Elizabeth at Hatfield. Arundell's paternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Arundell (executed on 26 February 1552) and Margaret Howard (ca. 1515 – 10 October 1571), sister of Queen Katherine Howard.[ According to Agnes Strickland, Margaret Howard, Lady Arundel was a Lady Attendant to Katherine Howard, her sister the Queen.

In 1580 Arundell was imprisoned for his fervent Roman Catholicism. By licence dated 18 June 1585 he married Mary (c. 1567 – 1607), the daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary, the daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague by first wife Jane Radcliffe. Arundell's wife was the sister of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. Arundell was fond of Southampton as a youth, writing to Lord Burghley when Southampton was 15 that 'Your Lordship doth love him', and that 'My [own] love and care of this young Earl enticeth me'.

Although a Roman Catholic throughout his life, Arundell demonstrated his loyalty to the Crown in 1588 by subscribing £100 towards the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

According to Akrigg, Arundell was 'gifted and scholarly', but by the time he had reached his 30s had failed to find any outlet for his talents and had 'sunk into a melancholic existence', living a 'studious solitary life' at the Wriothesley estates in Hampshire or in the family apartments at Southampton House in London. In 1595 Arundell's father agreed to provide him with horses and £1100 to leave England and serve in the Imperial forces against the Turks. The Queen allegedly recommended him to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. On 7 September 1595 Arundell stormed the breach at Gran, replacing the Turkish standard with the Imperial eagle. In recognition of his service, Arundell was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire on 14 December 1595, and became known as 'the Valiant'.

Against his father's wishes, Arundell took his leave of the Imperial court in mid-December and returned to England. His ship was caught in a storm and wrecked near Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast. He lost all his belongings in the wreck, and counted himself fortunate to stand 'extreamely cold & wett upon the shore'. His assumption of a foreign title created jealousy among his fellow peers in England, and was resented by his father, who objected to his superior rank and disinherited him. The Queen was furious and threatened to make him renounce the title.

She committed Arundell to the Fleet Prison, remarking that 'I would not have a sheep branded with another man's mark'. Arundell remained under arrest until mid-April 1597, when he was freed, but forbidden to appear at court. In the following months he made frequent appeals to the Queen, but was still denied her favour, and again fell prey to depression. In July his father grudgingly allowed Arundell to live with him at Wardour provided that he not bring his wife with him.

In 1597 Arundell was arrested on vague suspicions of Catholic espionage. The authorities searched his chamber but could prove nothing against him, and released him to his father's custody on the grounds of his wife's failing health. Arundell's father 'insisted on behaving as a jailer', and Arundell was eventually transferred elsewhere.

Arundell succeeded his father in December 1598. In 1601, his brother-in-law, Southampton, was on trial for his part in the Essex Rebellion of 8 February 1601. Attempting to distance himself from Southampton's misfortune, Arundell wrote a 'treacherous' letter on 18 February to Sir Robert Cecil, protesting that Southampton's 'ears were hardened against wholesome counsel, for which I thought good to estrange myself from him'.

In March 1605 Arundell and Southampton sent Captain George Weymouth to found a colony in Virginia. The colonists arrived back in England in mid-July. According to the account written by James Rosier, these were the colonists 'we were to leave in the Country by their agreement with my Lord the Right Honourable Count Arundell'. According to Akrigg, Arundell figures much more prominently in Rosier's account than Southampton, leading Akrigg to conclude that 'the whole voyage may best be regarded as a first attempt to found an American colony that would be an asylum for English Catholics', and that Arundell, who in 1596 had planned a venture to the East Indies, was the principal impetus behind the Weymouth voyage.

On 4 May 1605 King James I created him Baron Arundell of Wardour. Appointed by the new King as colonel of the English regiment serving the Archduke in Spanish Flanders, Arundell made an unauthorized crossing to the continent in September 1605, disobeying royal orders and incurring the King's anger. A few months later he was named by Guy Fawkes under torture, and briefly suspected of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot.

In 1607 Arundell's eldest son and heir, Thomas, married Blanche Somerset, the daughter of the Earl of Worcester, without Arundell's consent, resulting in an estrangement between father and son. Arundell's first wife, Mary, died a few weeks after the marriage. On 1 July 1608 Arundell remarried. His second wife was Anne Philipson, the daughter of Miles Philipson, of Crook, Westmorland, and Barbara Sandys, sister of Francis Sandys, of Conishead, Lancashire. She died on 28 June 1637 at Lennox House in London, and was buried on 4 July 1637 at Tisbury, Wiltshire.

During the 1630s Arundell engaged in 'acrimonious religious disputes' with the Bishop of Durham, and in 1637 attempted to sell Wardour Castle to the King. He died at Wardour on 7 November 1639, and was buried at Tisbury.

The Children of Thomas Arundell of Wardour

Arundell married firstly Mary Wriothesley, by whom he had two sons and a daughter:

Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1586– 19 May 1643), who succeeded him.
William Arundell of Horningsham, Wiltshire, who married Mary Browne, eldest daughter of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montague (d.1629), by Jane Sackville, daughter of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset. Before her marriage to William Arundell she was the wife of William Paulet (d.1621), Lord St. John, eldest son of William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester.
Elizabeth Mary Arundell (wife of Sir John Philpot).

Arundell's first wife, Mary Wriothesley, was buried at Tisbury, Wiltshire, on 27 June 1607.

Arundell married secondly, Anne Philipson, third daughter of Miles Philipson of Crook, Westmorland, by whom he had:

Matthew Arundell (1609-1620)
Thomas Arundell
Frederick Arundell
Katherine Arundell (wife of Ralph Eure)
Mary Arundell (wife of Sir John Somerset) (Named Somerset County in the Province of Maryland, erected 1666)
Ann Arundell (Named Anne Arundel County, erected 1650). She later married Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, (1605–1675) in 1628 at age 13. In 1632, after the death of his father George, (1579–1632), the first Lord Baltimore, and late loyal friend and Secretary of State, King Charles I renewed the grant originally made to his father, with the proprietorship of Maryland after an earlier unsuccessful colony of Avalon in Newfoundland. Anne Arundel County (misspelt), erected 1650 in the Province and later the State of Maryland is named after Calvert's (second Lord Baltimore's) wife, Ann Arundell. She was born in 1615 at Arundel Castle, gave birth to nine children (three survive to adulthood, with three sons and six daughters) before her death at age 34 on 23 July 1649, buried at Tisbury, Wiltshire.
Frances Arundell (wife of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury)
Margaret Arundell (wife of John Fortescue)
Clare Arundell (wife of Humphrey Weld).

The Counts and Barons Arundell of Wardour - 1605-1944

Thomas Arundell, 1st Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1560-1639).

Thomas Arundell, 2nd Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1586-1643).

Henry Arundell, 3rd Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (d. 1694).

Thomas Arundell, 4th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1633-1712).

Henry Arundell, 5th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (d. 1726).

Henry Arundell, 6th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1694-1746).

Henry Arundell, 7thCount and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1717-1756).

Henry Arundell, 8th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1740-1808).

James Arundell, 9th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1763-1817).

James Arundell, 10th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1785-1834).

Henry Arundell, 11th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1804-1862).

John Arundell, 12th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1831-1906).

Everard Arundell, 13th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1834-1907).

Edgar Arundell, 14th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1859-1921).

Gerald Arundell, 15th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1861-1939).

John Arundell, 16th Count and Baron Arundell of Wardour (1907-1944).

Creation: let.pat. 4 May 1605, Extinct: 25 Sep 1944, Family name: Arundell

Arms: Sable six Martlets three two and one Argent, Crest: A Wolf passant argent, Dexter: A Lion guardant Erminois ducally crowned Or; Sinister: An Owl wings displayed and inverted Ermine ducally crowned Or, Motto: Deo data - Given to God

The Counts and Countesses Arundell of Wardour of the HRE

His Excellency

Count / Graf Travis Lee

Odell-Arundell of Wardour
Count of the Holy Roman Empire

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Coun / Graf Brian Joseph

Arundell of Wardour
Count of the Holy Roman Empire

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Count / Graf Edward

Detwiler-Arundell of Wardour
Count of the Holy Roman Empire

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Count / Graf William

Arundell of Wardour
Count of the Holy Roman Empire

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Count / Graf Ronald Earl

Hawkins-Arundell of Wardour

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Count / Graf James Cole

Humphrey-Arundell of Wardour
Count of the Holy Roman Empire

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Countess / Graefin Janis LaRayne

Hastings-Arundell of Wardour
Countess of the Holy Roman Empire

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Countess / Graefin Susan Jordan

Howard-Arundell of Wardour
Countess of the Holy Roman Empire

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Count / Graf Matthew James

Kennedy-Arundell of Wardour

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Count / Graf Gary

Waldron-Arundell of Wardour
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Count / Graf Kenneth

Thurmond-Arundell of Wardour
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Countess / Graefin Julie

Piggott-Arundell of Wardour
Countess of the Holy Roman Empire

The Genealogy of the Counts and Barons Arundell of Wardour

Genealogy of the Barons Arundell of Wardour - Counts of the Holy Roman Empire - 1605-1944

Thomas [Arundell], 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour

1st son and heir of Sir Matthew Arundell, of Wardour Castle, co. Wiltshire (by his wife and second cousin Margaret Willoughby, only dau. of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, co. Nottingham, by his wife Lady Anne Grey, 4th dau. of Thomas [Grey], 2nd Marquess of Dorset), 1st son and heir of Sir Thomas Arundell, of Wardour Castle, co. Wiltshire (by his wife Margaret Howard, sister of Queen Catherine Howard, and 1st dau. and eventual cohrss. of Lord Edmund Howard), 2nd son of Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall, by his first wife Lady Eleanor Grey, 7th dau. by his second wife of Thomas [Grey], 1st Marquess of Dorset

born c. 1560

mar. (1) after 19 Jun 1585 Lady Mary Wriothesley (bur. 27 Jun 1607), only dau. of Henry [Wriothesley], 2nd Earl of Southampton, by his wife Hon Mary Browne, only dau. by his first wife of Anthony [Browne], 1st Viscount Montagu

children by first wife

1. Hon Thomas Arundell, later 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour

2. Hon William Arundell, of Horningsham, co. Wiltshire, mar. 22 Oct 1627 his second cousin Hon Mary Paulet (widow of Lord William Paulet, styled Earl of Wiltshire, 1st son and heir of William [Paulet], 4th Marquess of Winchester; d. 13 Nov 1692), 1st dau. of Anthony Maria [Browne], 2nd Viscount Montagu, by his wife Lady Jane Sackville, 2nd dau. of Thomas [Sackville], 1st Earl of Dorset, and had issue:

1a. Mark Arundell, of Horningsham, co. Wiltshire (dsp.)

2a. Charles Arundell (killed at the Battle of Worcester 1649), mar. Lady Mary Talbot (mar. (2) Mervyn [Tuchet], 4th Earl of Castlehaven), 3rd dau. of John [Talbot], 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, by his first wife Mary Fortescue, dau. of Sir Francis Fortescue, of Salden Hill, co. Buckingham, and had issue:

1b. Charles Arundell, of Horningsham, co. Wiltshire, mar., and had issue:

1c. Mary Arundell, mar. bef. 1708 John Biddulph, of Biddulph, and had issue

1a. Mary Arundell (d, 24 Dec 1698), mar. Sir Henry Tichborne, 3rd Bt., and had issue

2a. Katherine Arundell (d. 4 Mar 1642)

1. Hon Elizabeth Mary Arundell. mar. after 14 Jun 1606 as his first wife Sir John Philpot, of Compton, and had issue

mar. (2) 1 Jul 1608 Anne Philipson (d. 28 Jun 1637), 3rd dau. of Miles Philipson, of Crook, co. Westmorland, by his wife Barbara Sandys, sister and cohrss. of Francis Sandys, of Conishead, co. Lancaster

children by second wife

3. Hon Matthew Arundell (b. 1609; dvp. 1620)

2. Hon Catherine Arundell (d. Aug or Sep 1657), mar. 1 Nov 1627 Hon Ralph Eure, of Bishop Middleham, co. York (b. c. 1602; dvp. c. 1640), 1st son and heir ap. of William [Eure], 4th Baron Eure, by his wife Lucy Noel, sister of Edward [Noel], 2nd Viscount Campden, and dau. of Sir Andrew Noel, of Brooke, co. Rutland, and Dalby, co. Leicester, and had issue

3. Hon Mary Arundell, mar. Lord John Somerset, 2nd son of Henry [Somerset], 1st Marquess of Worcester, by his wife Hon Anne Russell, only surv. child of John [Russell], 3rd Baron Russell (by his wife Elizabeth Hoby, widow of Sir Thomas Hoby, of Bisham, co. Berkshire, and dau. of Sir Anthony Cooke, of Gidea Hall in Romford, co. Essex), 2nd son by his first wife of Francis [Russell], 2nd Earl of Bedford, and had issue

4. Hon Anne Arundell (b. c. 1615; d. 23 Jul 1649; bur. at Tisbury, co. Wiltshire), mar. after 20 Mar 1627/8 Cecil [Calvert], 2nd Baron Baltimore, and had issue

5. Hon Frances Arundell (dsp. 2 May 1652), mar. bef. 15 Feb 1647/8 as his second wife John [Talbot], 10th Earl of Shrewsbury

6. Hon Margaret Arundell (b. 1620), mar. as his first wife Sir John Fortescue, 2nd Bt., of Salden, co. Bedford, and had issue

7. Hon Clara Arundell (b. 1620), mar. after 7 Jul 1638 Humphrey Weld, of Lulworth, co. Dorset, and had issue

died 7 Nov 1639

created 14 Dec 1595 Count of the Holy Roman Empire

4 May 1605 Baron Arundell of Wardour, of Wardour in the County of Wiltshire

suc. by son by first wife

note: imprisoned 1580 for his zeal as a Roman Catholic, but in 1588 subscribed £100 toward defeating the Spanish Armada; served as a volunteer in the Imperial Army from 1588, fighting against the Turks and captured a standard from them at Gran in Hungary; created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Rudolph II 1595; on his return to England he met an adverse reaction to his new dignity, being committed to the Fleet Prison for two months and banished from court; knighted c. 1598

Thomas [Arundell], 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour

born c. 1586

mar. bef. 11 May 1607 Lady Blanche Somerset (d. 28 Oct 1649), 6th dau. of Edward [Somerset], 4th Earl of Worcester, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Hastings, 4th dau. of Francis [Hastings], 2nd Earl of Huntingdon

children

1. Hon Henry Arundell, later 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour

1. Hon Katherine Arundell, mar. Francis Cornwallis, 2nd son of Sir Charles Cornwallis

2. Hon Anne Arundell, mar. Roger Vaughan, of Salisbury, and had issue

died 19 May 1643

suc. by son

note raised a Regiment of Horse for King Charles I; Lady Arundell gallantly defended Wardour Castle for nine days against the Parliamentary forces under Sir Edward Hungerford, but was finally forced to surrender on honourable terms, which, however, were not observed, and the castle was sacked and Lady Arundell taken as a prisoner to Dorchester; Lord Arundell died from wounds received at the Battle of Stratton

Henry [Arundell], 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour, PC

bapt. 23 Feb 1607/8

mar. Cicely Fermor (b. c. 1610; widow of Sir John Fermor, of Somerton, co. Oxford; d. 24 Mar 1675/6), dau. of Hon Sir Henry Compton KB, of Brambletye, co. Sussex (by his wife Lady Cicely Sackville, 1st dau. by his first wife of Robert [Sackville], 2nd Earl of Dorset), only child of Henry [Compton], 1st Baron Compton, by his second wife Anne Stanley, widow of William [Stanley], 3rd Baron Monteagle, and 5th dau. of Sir John Spencer MP, of Althorp, co. Northampton

children

1. Hon Thomas Arundell, later 4th Baron Arundell of Wardour

2. Hon Henry Arundell, mar. after 10 Feb 1675 Mary Kempe (widow of Thomas Kempe, of Slindon, co. Sussex), dau. of Edmund Scrope, of Danby, co. York, and had three sons, all of whom died young

1. Hon Cicely Arundell, a nun at Rouen (d. 1717)

died 28 Dec 1694

suc. by son

note: Master of the Horse to Queen Henrietta Maria; re-took Wardour Castle 1644 and destroyed it to prevent it being used as a fortress by the Parliamentary forces; found guilty of manslaughter 1653 after having been the second to his brother-in-law in a successful duel the previous year; imprisoned in the Tower of London 1678-84 following accusations by Rev Titus Oates; Privy Councillor 1686-89; Lord Privy Seal 1687-88; one of the five Lords to whom King James II committed the administration of his affairs 1688; after the expulsion of King James II he retired from public life

Thomas [Arundell], 4th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 1633

mar. Margaret Lucy (widow of Robert Lucy, of Charlecote, co. Warwick; d. 23 Dec 1704), dau. of Thomas Spencer, of Ufton, co. Warwick

children

1. Hon Henry Arundell, later 5th Baron Arundell of Wardour

died 10 Feb 1711/2

suc. by son

Henry [Arundell], 5th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born

mar. betw. 5 and 9 Aug 1691 Elizabeth Panton (d. 9 May 1700), sister and cohrss. of Lt Gen Thomas Panton and dau. of Col Thomas Panton, of St Martin's-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex, by his wife Dorothy Stacy, dau. of John Stacy, of London, by his wife Elinor Blake, dau. of Thomas Blake, of Easton, co. Hampshire

children

1. Hon Henry Arundell, later 6th Baron Arundell of Wardour

2. Hon Thomas Arundell (b. 1696; d. 6 Apr 1752), mar. Anne Mitchell, dau. of John Mitchell

1. Hon Elizabeth Arundell (b. 15 Sep 1693; d. 16 Jun 1743), mar. 24 May 1722 James [Tuchet], 6th Earl of Castlehaven, and had issue

died 20 Apr 1726

suc. by son

Henry [Arundell], 6th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 4 Oct 1694

mar. (1) after 28 Sep 1716 Elizabeth Eleanor Everard (bapt. 1 Jan 1696/7; d. 22 May 1728), dau. and hrss. of Raymond Everard, of Fethard, co. Tipperary, and of Liège, Belgium, a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire

children by first wife

1. Hon Henry Arundell, later 7th Baron Arundell of Wardour

2. Hon Raymond Thomas Arundell (dsp. 11 May 1768), mar. 19 May 1760 Mary Porter (dsp. 14 Sep 1799), 1st dau. of John Porter, of Alfarthing, co. Surrey

3. Hon James Everard Arundell, of Ashcombe, co. Wiltshire (d. 20 Mar 1803), mar. 24 Jun 1751 Anne Wyndham (d. 10 Apr 1796), dau. and hrss. of John Wyndham, of The Close, Salisbury, and of Norrington, co. Wiltshire, and had issue:

1a. James Everard Arundell, later 9th Baron Arundell of Wardour

2a. Thomas Raymond Arundell, of Ashcombe, co. Wiltshire (b. 9 Mar 1765; d. 18 Jan 1829), mar. 21 Aug 1792 Elizabeth Mary Anne Smythe (d. 3 Feb 1843), only dau. of Sir Edward Smythe, 4th Bt., of Acton Burnell, co. Salop, by his second wife Hon Mary Clifford, only dau. of Hugh [Clifford], 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, and had issue:

1b. Thomas Raymond Arundell (dvp. an infant)

2b. Henry Raymond Arundell (b. 27 Jun 1799; d. 1886), mar. (1) 27 Sep 1827 Mary Isabel Constable (d. 2 Oct 1828), dau. of Sir Thomas Hugh Clifford Constable, Bt., and had issue:

1c.Theodore Arundell (b. 17 Jun 1828 ; d. 21 Aug 1868), mar. 24 Oct 1854 his cousin Louisa Hussey (d. 3 Apr 1907), dau. of John Hussey, of Nash Court, co. Dorset, by his wife Mary Christina Arundel, 1st dau. of Thomas Raymond Arundell, of Ashcombe, co. Wiltshire, and had issue:

1d. Raymond Robert Arundell (b. 11 Nov 1856; d. 1886)

2d. Edgar Clifford Arundell, later 14th Baron Arundell of Wardour

3d. Gerald Arthur Arundell, later 15th Baron Arundell of Wardour

1d. Agnes Mary Arundell (d. 29 Feb 1912)

2d. Blanche Mary Arundell, a nun at Taunton (d. 6 Nov 1928)

3d. Maud Mary Arundell, mar. 9 Aug 1887 William Maund (d. 1896)

Henry Raymond Arundell mar. (2) 30 Apr 1830 Eliza Gerard (d. 3 Jun 1872), sister of Robert Tolver [Gerard], 1st Baron Gerard, and only dau. of John Gerard, of Windle Hall, co. Lancaster (by his wife Elizabeth Ferrers, dau. of Edward Ferrers, of Baddesley Clinton, co. Warwick), 3rd son of Sir Robert Cansfield Gerard, 9th Bt., of Bryn, co. Lancaster, and had further issue:

2c. Raymond Everard Arundell (dvp. young 17 May 1833)

3c. Rodolph Alexis Arundell, worked in Admiralty (b. 1837; d. 23 Jan 1877)

4c. Reinfric Thomas Arundell, in the Royal Navy and killed in New Zealand in the Second Maori War (b. 16 May 1838; dvp. 1860)

5c. Lt Henry Alphonsus Arundell RN, died at sea aboard HMS Bittern (b. 4 Apr 1841; dvp. 19 Jul 1872)

6c. Raymond Ignatius Arundell (dvp. young 27 Mar 1852)

1c. Mary Julia Arundell (dvp. young 1 Jul 1833)

2c. Amy Mary Arundell (dvp. young 20 Sep 1839)

3c. Isabel Arundell (dsp. 22 Mar 1896), mar. 22 Jan 1861 Capt Sir Richard Burton KCMG, the famous traveller and author (dsp. 20 Oct 1890)

4c. Blanche Arundell (d. 21 Sep 1891), mar. 13 Aug 1857 John Hugh Smyth Pigott, of Brockley Hall, co. Somerset (d. 19 Jan 1892), and had issue

5c. Elizabeth Mary Regis Arundell (d. 18 Jan 1902), mar. 23 Apr 1873 Edward Gerald FitzGerald (d. 1891), yst. son of Henry FitzGerald, of Maperton, co. Somerset

6c. Emmeline Mary Arundell (d. 1913), mar. 11 Jul 1877 Richard Van Zeller, Portuguese Vice-Consul in London (d. 3 Sep 1892), and had issue

3b. Charles Francis Arundell (b. 1803; d. 6 Dec 1876)

4b. Reinfric Edwards Arundell (b. 1805; d. 21 Feb 1877)

5b. William Edward Arundell, served in the Austrian army

6b. Matthew Arundell (dvp. young)

1b. Mary Christina Arundell (d. 21 Nov 1872), mar. 8 Feb 1820 John Hussey, of Nash Court, co. Dorset, and had issue

2b. Blanche Appollonia Arundell (d. 20 Dec 1875), mar. 16 Jul 1822 Edmund de Pentheny O'Kelly (d. 10 Apr 1859), and had issue

3b. Eleanora Arundell (dsp. 12 May 1878), mar. 27 Dec 1818 Samuel B de Lisle Hayes (dsp. 1 May 1857), 1st son of Samuel de Lisle Hayes, of Barrettston, Queen's County

1a. Eleanor Anne Arundell (d. unm.)

2a. Mary Wyndham Arundell (b. 1757; d. 22 Feb 1832), mar. 9 Mar 1779 Hon Bartholomew Bouverie MP (b. 29 Oct 1753; d. 31 May 1835), 2nd son of William [Bouverie], 1st Earl of Radnor, by his second wife Rebecca Alleyne, 2nd dau. of John Alleyne, of Barbados, and had issue

3a. Katherine Elizabeth Arundell (b. 1759; d. 1803), mar. 3 Jan 1792 Admiral George Frederick Ryves, and had issue

mar. (2) after 18 Jan 1728/9 Lady Anne Herbert (dsp. 2 Oct 1757), 2nd dau. of William [Herbert], 2nd Marquess of Powis, by his wife Mary Preston, 1st surv. dau. and cohrss. of Sir Thomas Preston, 3rd Bt., of Furness Abbey, co. Lancaster

died 30 Jun 1746

suc. by son by first wife

Henry [Arundell], 7th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 4 Oct 1717

mar. 27 Jan 1738/9 Mary Bellings-Arundell (b. 1718; d. 21 Feb 1769), 2nd dau. and eventual sole heir of Richard Bellings later Bellings-Arundel, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall (by his wife Anne Gage, dau. of Joseph Gage, of Sherborne, co. Oxford), son of Sir Richard Bellings by his wife Frances Arundell, dau. and hrss. of Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall

only child

1. Hon Henry Arundell, later 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour

died 12 Sep 1756

suc. by son

Henry [Arundell], 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 31 Mar 1740

mar. 31 May 1763 Mary Christina Conquest (b. c. 1743; d. 20 Jun 1813), only dau. and hrss. of Benedict Conquest, of Irnham Hall, co. Lincoln, by his wife Mary Ursula Markham, dau. of Thomas Markham, of Ollerton, co. Nottingham

children

1. Hon Mary Christina Arundell (b. 10 Aug 1764; d. 14 Feb 1805), mar. 3 Feb 1785 as his first wife her cousin once removed James Everard [Arundell], 9th Baron Arundell of Wardour, and had issue

2. Hon Eleanor Mary Arundell (b. 20 Mar 1766; d. 24 Nov 1835), mar. 29 Nov 1786 Charles [Clifford], 6th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, and had issue

died s.p.m. 4 Dec 1808

suc. by cousin

note: rebuilt Wardour Castle

James Everard [Arundell], 9th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 4 Mar 1763

mar. (1) 3 Feb 1785 his cousin once removed Hon Mary Christina Arundell (b. 10 Aug 1764; d. 14 Feb 1805), 1st surv. dau. and cohrss. of Henry [Arundell], 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour, by his wife Mary Christina Conquest, only dau. and hrss. of Benedict Conquest, of Irnham Hall, co. Lincoln

children by first wife

1. Hon James Everard Arundell, later 10th Baron Arundell of Wardour

2. Hon Henry Benedict Arundell, later 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour

1. Hon Anna Maria Arundell (d. 14 Mar 1829)

2. Hon Mary Laura Charlotte Arundell (b. 1789; d. 1854), mar. 18 Apr 1820 Lt Col George Macdonell CB (d. 16 May 1870)

3. Hon Juliana Mary Arundell (b. 1791; d. 18 Dec 1843), mar. 17 Oct 1815 Admiral Hon Sir John Talbot GCB (b. 1768; d. 7 Jul 1851), 3rd son of Col Richard Talbot, of Malahide Castle, co. Dublin, by his wife Margaret O'Reilly, suo jure Baroness Talbot of Malahide, and had issue

4. Hon Katherine Arundell (d. 12 Dec 1872), mar. 26 Jun 1827 Sir Edward Tichborne later Doughty, 9th Bt., of Tichborne Park, co. Hampshire, and Snarford Hall, co. Lincoln, and had issue

mar. (2) 18 Sep 1806 Mary Burnett Jones (d. 19 Nov 1853), 3rd dau. of Robert Burnett Jones, of Ades, co. Sussex, Attorney-General of Barbados, by his wife Elizabeth Susannah Estwicke, dau. of Samuel Estwicke, of Barbados

children by second wife

3. Hon Henry Arundell (b. 24 Jul 1811; d. 1857), mar. 30 Oct 1832 Elizabeth Esdaile, dau. of Joseph Esdaile, and had issue:

1a. Rudolphus James Everard Arundell (b. 1825; dvp. 1841)

4. Capt Hon Robert Arthur Arundell (b. 24 Aug 1815; d. 16 Apr 1886), mar. (1) 8 Aug 1837 Elizabeth Louisa Jones (d. 6 Jul 1864), only dau. of Rev John Jones, Vicar of Burley-on-the-Hill, and had issue:

1a. Edith Mary Dottina Arundell (d. 3 Jan 1920)

2a. Louisa Alice Arundell (dsp. 27 Feb 1898), mar. 28 Apr 1863 as his first wife Col Robert Edward Stuart Harington later Harington-Stuart, of Torrance, East Kilbride, co. Lanark (b. 9 Nov 1834; dsp. 274 Dec 1911). 1st son of Maj Robert Harington by his wife Charlotte Stuart, yst. dau. of Andrew Stuart, of Castlemilk and Torrance, co. Lanark

3a. Aeddan Arundell (d. 2 Jan 1899), mar. 2 Jun 1874 Capt Arthur Bampton Donnithorne (d. 1885), and had issue

Capt Hon Robert Arundell mar. (2) 17 Feb 1870 Charlotte Stuart Parkin, dau. of Capt Harold Parkin RN, Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, by his wife Sarah Pollard, only child of John Pollard, and had further issue:

4a. Mabile Mary Arundell (b. 15 Dec 1875; d. 20 Sep 1842), mar. 23 Jun 1898 her first half-cousin once removed Reginald Aloysius Talbot, of Uplyme, co. Devon, and Tullamaar, Perranwell, co. Cornwall (b. Jul 1870; d. 19 May 1922), 3rd son of John Reginald Francis George Talbot, of Rhode Hill, Lyme Regis, co. Dorset (by his wife Sarah Eliza Jones, dau. of Rev David Jones, Rector of Panteague and Tredunnock, co. Monmouth), 1st son and heir of Admiral Hon Sir John Talbot GCB (by his wife Hon Juliana Mary Arundel, 3rd dau. by his first wife of James Everard [Arundell], 9th Baron Arundell of Wardour), 3rd son of Col Richard Talbot, of Malahide Castle, co. Dublin, by his wife Margaret O'Reilly, suo jure Baroness Talbot of Malahide, and had issue

5a. Katherine Mary Arundell (b. 14 Dec 1876)

5. Hon Mary Arundell (d. 30 Aug 1849), mar. 7 Aug 1828 Sir Richard Digby Neave, 3rd Bt., of Dagnam Park, co. Essex, and had issue

died 14 Jul 1817

suc. by son by first wife

James Everard [Arundell], 10th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 3 Nov 1785

mar. 26 Feb 1811 Lady Mary Anne Nugent-Temple-Grenville (b. 8 Jul 1787; d. 1 Jun 1845), only dau. of George [Grenville later Nugent-Temple-Grenville], 1st Marquess of Buckingham, by his wife Lady Mary Elizabeth Nugent, suo jure Baroness Nugent, 1st dau. and cohrss. by his third wife of Robert [Nugent], 1st Earl Nugent

died s.p. 21 Jun 1834

suc. by brother

Henry Benedict [Arundell], 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 12 Nov 1804

mar. (1) 8 Aug 1826 Lucy Smythe (dsp. 22 Feb 1827), only child of Hugh Philip Smythe, of Acton Burnell, co. Salop, by his wife Lucy Sulyarde, 2nd dau. of Edward Sulyarde, of Haughley Park, co. Suffolk

mar. (2) 22 Sep 1829 Francis Catherine Tichborne (b. 18 Mar 1809; d. 19 Apr 1836), 2nd dau. of Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, 8th Bt., of Tichborne Park, co. Hampshire, by his wife Anne Burke, 4th dau. of Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Bt., of Marble Hill, co. Galway

children by second wife

1. Hon John Francis Arundell, later 12th Baron Arundell of Wardour

2. Father Hon Everard Aloysius Gonzaga Arundell, later 13th Baron Arundell of Wardour

mar. (3) 19 Jun 1838 Hon Theresa Stourton (b. 21 Mar 1812; d. 26 Oct 1878), 5th dau. of William Joseph [Stourton], 18th Baron Stourton, by his wife Catharine Winifred Weld, dau. of Thomas Weld, of Lulworth Castle, co. Dorset

children by third wife

3. Hon Thomas Arundell (b. 27 May 1839; dvp. 12 Apr 1840)

4. Lt Hon Edward Ignatius Arundell (b. 20 Dec 1842; d. 31 Jan 1896)

1. Hon Theresa Mary Arundell (d. 17 Sep 1895), mar. (1) 17 Apr 1861 Sir Alfred Doughty-Tichborne, 11th Bt., of Tichborne Park, co. Hampshire, and (2) 24 Feb 1873 Capt Henry Lamplugh Wickham, and had issue by her first husband

2. Hon Cecily Mary Arundell, a nun (d. Sep 1925)

3. Hon Gertrude Mary Arundell (d. 28 Feb 1929)

died 19 Oct 1862

suc. by son by second wife

John Francis [Arundell], 12th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 28 Dec 1831

mar. 13 Oct 1862 Anne Lucy Errington (b. 22 Oct 1842; d. 24 Oct 1934), dau. of John Errington, of High Warden, co. Northumberland, by his first wife Anne Mary Eyre, 3rd dau. of Vincent Henry Eyre, of Highfield, co. Derby

died s.p. 26 Oct 1906

suc. by brother

Everard Aloysius Gonzaga [Arundell], 13th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 6 Sep 1834

died 11 Jul 1907

suc. by second cousin once removed

note ordained a Roman Catholic priest 1862

Edgar Clifford [Arundell], 14th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 20 Dec 1859

mar. 28 Nov 1895 Ellen Elizabeth Evans (widow of J Melbourne Evans; d. 22 Jul 1935), dau. of John Thatcher

died s. p. 8 Dec 1921

suc. by brother

Gerald Arthur [Arundell], 15th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 11 Dec 1861

mar. 9 Jan 1906 Ivy Florence Mary Segrave, dau. of Capt W F Segrave

children

1. Hon John Francis Arundell, later 16th Baron Arundell of Wardour

1. Hon Blanche Mary Arundell (b. 5 Dec 1908), mar. 11 Jan 1935 (div. 1954) as his first wife (Ninian) John Frederick Hanbury-Tracy (b. 7 Dec 1910; dspm. 25 Jun 1971), 2nd son of Lt Hon Felix Charles Hubert Hanbury-Tracy (by his wife Madeleine Llewellyn Palmer, only dau. of Brig Gen George Llewellyn Palmer CB, of Lackham, Lacock, co. Wiltshire), 3rd son of Charles Douglas Richard [Hanbury-Tracy], 4th Baron Sudeley, by his wife Ada Maria Katherine Talmash (b. 21 Jun 1848; d. 6 Jan 1928), only surv. dau. of Hon Frederick James Talmash MP (by his second wife Isabella Anne Forbes, dau. of George Gordon Forbes, of Ham Common, co. Surrey), younger brother of Lionel William John [Talmash later Tollemache], 8th Earl of Dysart, and 5th son of Hon Sir William Manners later Talmash, 1st Bt. styled Lord Huntingtower, and had issue

2. Hon Mary Isabella Arundell (b. 3 Feb 1913), mar. 31 Jan 1935 A/Cdre T P F Fagan, and had issue

died 30 Mar 1939

suc. by son

John Francis [Arundell], 16th Baron Arundell of Wardour

born 18 Jun 1907

died 25 Sep 1944

note: killed in action, on the death of the 16th and last Baron Arundell of Wardour of the Barony of Arundell Wardour became extinct.

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