Henry Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour
Lord Arundell of Wardour (Joshua Reynolds, 1764-1767)
Mary Christina Conquest (George Romney)
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, the daughter of and Mary Ursula Markham, on 31 May 1763.[1] They had two daughters: Mary Christina (1764–1805), who married , and Eleanor Mary (1766–1835), who married Charles Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh.[2]
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.[3] A portrait was painted of him by Sir Joshua Reynolds. After his death, his trustees were forced to sell off a portion of his lands in Dorset.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Sotheby's: Catalog notes for the portrait of Mary Christina Conquest, Lady Arundell of Wardour (ca 1743-1813), by George Romney
- ^ Arundell of Wardour, Baron (E, 1605–1944) in Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ "Ten year house archive now complete". BBC Wiltshire. 24 February 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2006.
- ^ "London banker's Dorset dream". Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2006.
External links[]
- Portrait, Dayton Art Institute – archived August 2006
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