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[[File:Shield of Arms of the Lord Arundell of Wardour.svg|thumb|200px|Arms of Arundel of Lanherne, Cornwall & Wardour Castle: ''Sable, six [[martlet]]s 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]]]]
[[Image:8thLordArundellOfWardour.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour, by [[Joshua Reynolds|Sir Joshua Reynolds]].]]
'''Baron Arundell of Wardour''', in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the [[Peerage of England]]. It was created in 1605 for [[Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour|Thomas Arundell]], known as "Thomas the Valiant", son of [[Matthew Arundell|Sir Matthew Arundell]] (died 1598) and grandson of [[Thomas Arundell of Lanherne|Sir Thomas Arundell]] (executed 1552) and of Margaret Howard, a sister of Queen [[Catherine Howard]]. Arundell had already been created a [[Count of the Holy Roman Empire]] by [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolph II]] in December 1595 (see below). He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He fought as a Royalist in the [[English Civil War|Civil War]] and was mortally wounded at the [[Battle of Stratton]] in 1643. 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 of England|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]].
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