Lord Arundell at Colditz castle

Perhaps the bluest of the bluebloods at the Colditz POW camp in World War II was Lt. John Francis Arundell, 16th Baron Arundell of Wardour. He was captured in 1940, later contracted tuberculosis, and died shortly after being repatriated. His was a very old and honored name in England. The first Baron, Thomas Arundell, was given the title in 1605. His blue blood ran (at least) back to Giselbert I Graf von Maasgau, who died in 877 A.D.