Richard Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Trerice (1616 – 7 September 1687) of

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in Cornwall, was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1640 and 1664 when he was raised to the peerage. He fought in the

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army during the

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Personal details

Richard Arundell was born around 1616 in

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, second son of Sir John Arundell and his wife, Mary Cary, daughter of George Cary of Clovelley. He was one of six children, the others being

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(1613-1644), William (died 1643), Francis, Agnes and Mary (1625-1701). The Arundells of Trerice were a junior branch of a Catholic family spread throughout

, the wealthiest and most significant being the Arundells of St Mawgan. His youngest sister Mary married John Trevanion, who was killed at the

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in 1643; she remarried in 1674, this time to his cousin John Arundell of Lanherne. Arundell married Gertrude Bagge, daughter of Sir James Bagge, of Saltram, Devon, and widow of Sir

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, also killed at Bristol in 1643, by whom he had one surviving son,

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Career

Arundell entered Lincoln's Inn in 1633 and qualified as a lawyer in 1640, representing his elder brother in a legal case that same year. In April 1640, he was elected MP for

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in the Short Parliament, then re-elected to the

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in November. He was suspended from Parliament in January 1642 for putting into execution the Commission of array. When the

began in August 1642, Arundell joined the Royalist army and is thought to have served at Edgehill, as well as

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. Historian and statesman Clarendon describes him as "a stout and diligent officer" although his primary role was raising taxes for the Royalist war effort. He served under his father in the garrison of

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, which sheltered both Charles II of England and Queen

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during the war and was one of the last strongholds to surrender in August 1646. Pendennis Castle

Since his elder brother John was killed outside Plymouth in 1644, Arundell inherited the family estates when his father died in 1654; he remained active in the Royalist underground during the Interregnum but managed to avoid arrest. Shortly after the

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in June 1660, he was elected for

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to the Convention Parliament. In 1662, Charles appointed him Governor of Pendennis Castle and Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, positions he retained until his death in 1687. In January 1662, Arundell was re-elected for Bere Alston to the

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and sat until 23 March 1664 when he was created Baron Arundell of Trerice. He became extremely wealthy over the next 20 years, being awarded a free gift of £3,000 in 1674 and a pension of £1,000 per year, considerable sums at the time. He died in London on 7 September 1687.

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