Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour

Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1586 – 19 May 1643) was an English nobleman son of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour and Lady Mary Wriothesley.

Life

He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour, County Wiltshire, on 7 November 1639. He was a devoted Royalist and joined the Royalist cause during the English Civil War, having raised a Regiment of Horse for the King. He was present at the Royalist victory at the Battle of Stratton (16 May 1643), but was mortally wounded in the engagement, and died three days later in Oxford, Oxfordshire, from the wounds received in action.

His residence, Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, whose defence he had been compelled to leave in the hands of his wife, had fallen to the Parliamentarians on 8 May 1643. He was buried at Tisbury, Wiltshire. His will (dated 7 January 1641/2 to 14 May 1643) was probated on 27 November 1648.

Family

On 11 May 1607 (date of settlement for the marriage), he married Lady Blanche Somerset (1583 or c. 1584 - 28 October 1649), daughter of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester. They had three children:

• Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour (1607–1694), who succeeded him
• Anne Arundell, married Roger Vaughan
• Katherine Arundell (born c. 1614), married Francis Cornwallis, son of Sir Charles Cornwallis.

References

Bibliography

• Cokayne, George Edward (1910). The Complete Peerage edited by the Honourable Vicary Gibbs. Vol. I. London: St. Catherine Press.
• Hopper, Andrew J. (2009). Arundell, Thomas, first Baron Arundell of Wardour (c.1560–1639). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 19 November 2012. (subscription required)
• Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) ISBN 1449966373

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arundell of Wardour, Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1907). "Thomas Arundell" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• "Arundell, Thomas (1560-1639)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

External links

• thePeerage.com