Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour

Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour (31 March 1740 – 4 December 1808) was a British nobleman in the 18th century. He married Mary Christina Conquest, in 1763.

Henry Arundell
8th Baron Arundell of Wardour
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Born31 March 1740
Died4 December 1808 (aged 68)
Noble familyArundell
SpouseMary Christina Conquest
Issue
  • Mary Christina
  • Eleanor May
FatherHenry Arundell, 7th Baron Arundell of Wardour
MotherMary Bellings-Arundell

Biography
Portrait of his wife, Mary (by George Romney)

Henry Arundell was born on 31 March 1740, to Henry Arundell and Mary Bellings-Arundell.

He married Mary Christina Conquest, the daughter of Benedict Conquest of Irnham Hall and Mary Ursula Markham, on 31 May 1763.[1] They had a London home in Grosvenor Square.[2] They had two daughters: Mary Christina (1764–1805), who married James Everard Arundell, 9th Baron Arundell of Wardour, and Eleanor Mary (1766–1835), who married Charles Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh.[3]

An avid collector of art, he accumulated immense debts in building and furnishing New Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, designed in the Palladian style by Giacomo Quarenghi.[4] A portrait was painted of him by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

He died on 4 December 1808, aged 68. After his death, his trustees were forced to sell off a portion of his lands in Dorset.[5]

See also

References
  1. Sotheby's: Catalog notes for the portrait of Mary Christina Conquest, Lady Arundell of Wardour (ca 1743-1813), by George Romney
  2. "Grosvenor Square: Individual Houses built before 1926 Pages 117-166 Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings)". British History Online. LCC 1980. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. Arundell of Wardour, Baron (E, 1605–1944) in Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  4. "Ten year house archive now complete". BBC Wiltshire. 24 February 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2006.
  5. "London banker's Dorset dream". Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2006.


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