Baron Arundell of Wardour

[1] Arundell had already been created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire by Rudolph II in December 1595 (see below).

His son, the third Baron, was implicated in the Popish Plot and imprisoned in the Tower of London for six years.

However, after the accession of James II he was restored to favour and served as Lord Privy Seal from 1687 to 1688.

His great-great-great-grandson, the eighth Baron (the title having descended from father to son), was an avid collector of art and accumulated immense debts in building and furnishing New Wardour Castle.

John Richard Arundell, 10th Baron Talbot de Malahide (born 1931) is the son of Reginald John Arthur Talbot, who in 1945 assumed by Royal licence the surname and arms of Arundell, and who was the great-grandson of Admiral The Hon.

Sir John Talbot and his wife Mabile Mary Arundell, daughter of Hon.

Arms of Arundel of Lanherne, Cornwall & Wardour Castle: Sable, six martlets argent . These are early canting arms , based on the French for swallow hirondelle . They were recorded for Reinfred de Arundel (d. circa 1280), lord of the manor of Lanherne , Cornwall, in the 15th-century Shirley Roll of Arms
Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour , by Sir Joshua Reynolds .