Baron Arundell of Trerice
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Baron Arundell of Trerice, in the County of Cornwall, was a title in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

. It was created in 1664 for the Royalist soldier and politician Richard Arundell
Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice
Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1664 when he was raised to the peerage...

. He was the second son of Sir John Arundell
John Arundell (born 1576)
Sir John Arundell , nicknamed "Jack for the King", was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1640. He was Royalist governor of Pendennis Castle during the English Civil War....

 and the great-grandson of Admiral Sir John Arundell
John Arundell (admiral)
Sir John Arundell of Trerice , nicknamed "Tilbury Jack" , was a commander of the English Royal Navy at the time of King Henry VIII and Edward VI and twice High Sheriff of Cornwall. Arundell served Henry VIII as an Esquire to the Body, and was knighted at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513...

. He was succeeded by his son
John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice
John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1666 and 1687 when he inherited his peerage....

, the second Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Truro. The title became extinct on the death of his grandson, the fourth Baron, in 1768.

The family seat was Trerice
Trerice
Trerice is an Elizabethan manor house, located in Kestle Mill near Newquay, Cornwall, UK . The building features a main south-east facing range of 'E'-plan abutting a south-west range containing two earlier phases. Phase I consisted of a tower house with low north-west block...

, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

.

Barons Arundell of Trerice (1664)

  • Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice
    Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice
    Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1664 when he was raised to the peerage...

     (d. 1687)
  • John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice
    John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice
    John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1666 and 1687 when he inherited his peerage....

     (1649–1698)
  • John Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Trerice (1678–1706)
  • John Arundell, 4th Baron Arundell of Trerice (1701–1768)
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