Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour

Thomas Arundell
1st Baron Arundell of Wardour
Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour
Spouse(s)	Mary Wriothesley Anne Philipson
Issue Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour William Arundell Elizabeth Mary Arundell Matthew Arundell Thomas Arundell Frederick Arundell Katherine Arundell Mary Arundell Anne Arundell Frances Arundell Margaret Arundell Clare Arundell
Father	Sir Matthew Arundell
Mother	Margaret Willoughby
Born	c. 1560
Died	7 November 1639 (aged 78–79) Wardour Castle, Wiltshire
Buried	Tisbury, Wiltshire

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (ca. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/34–24 December 1598), and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire. He distinguished himself in battle against the Ottoman Turks in the service of the Emperor Rudolf II, and was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire. His assumption of the title displeased Queen Elizabeth, who refused to recognize it, and imprisoned him in the Fleet. In 1605 Arundell was created 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour. In the same year he was briefly suspected of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot.

Sir Thomas Arundell (ca. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire (ca. 1532/34–24 December 1598), a member of the ancient family of Arundell of Cornwall, and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire. His father inherited extensive former monastic lands, and served in a number of administrative capacities, including high sheriff, custos rotulorum, and Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset. In her youth his mother served for several years in the household of Princess Elizabeth at Hatfield. Arundell's paternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Arundell (executed on 26 February 1552) and Margaret Howard (ca. 1515-10 October 1571), sister of Queen Catherine Howard.