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 | |
| Noble Family: | Arundell |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1740 |
| 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour | |
| Spouse: | Mary Christina Conquest |
| Spouse-Type: | Spouse |
| Death Date: | 4 December 1808(aged 68) |
| Mother: | Mary Bellings-Arundell |
| Father: | Henry Arundell, 7th Baron Arundell of Wardour |
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]