The Rundle family name is a prominent one in many parts of southwest

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, particularly

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. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adam Rundle Adam Rundle (born 8 July 1984) is an English footballer who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League. Career Darlington A left-sided midfielder who began his career in Newcastle United's youth team, Rundle was released by the club in ...

, English football player * David Rundle, South African cricketer * David Allen Rundle, American serial killer *

Emma Ruth Rundle Emma Ruth Rundle (born October 10, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, visual artist and poet based in Portland, Oregon. Formerly of the Nocturnes and Marriages, she has released five solo albums and is a member of Red Sparowes. ...

, American singer-songwriter *

John Rundle John Rundle (1791 – January 1864) was a British Whig politician and businessman. From 1835 to 1843, he was a member of parliament, representing Tavistock in the House of Commons. He was one of the original directors and financiers of the S ...

, British politician *

Katherine Fernandez Rundle Katherine Fernandez Rundle (born March 1, 1950) is the current State Attorney for Miami-Dade County in Florida. Education Rundle received a B.A. and M.A. in Criminology from the University of Miami and an LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, Univers ...

, State Attorney in Florida, United States * Sir

Leslie Rundle General (United Kingdom), General Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, (6 January 1856 – 19 November 1934) was a British Army general during the Second Boer War and the First World War. Early life Rundle was born on 6 January 1856 in Newton Abbot ...

(1856–1934),

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General * Mary Rundle, British naval officer * Peter Rundle (born 1962), Australian politician * Robert E. Rundle, American chemist and crystallographer *

Robert Terrill Rundle Robert Terrill Rundle (18 June 1811 – 4 February 1896) was a Cornish Methodist minister missionary from Cornwall, England. His most noteworthy activities relate to his missionary work in Western Canada between 1840 and 1848. Early life ...

, missionary in Western Canada in the mid-1800s *

Sophie Rundle Sophie Rundle (born 21 April 1988) is an English actress. Her television roles include portraying Ada Thorne in ''Peaky Blinders'', Ann Walker in '' Gentleman Jack'', Vicky Budd in ''Bodyguard'', code-breaker Lucy in ''The Bletchley Circle'', L ...

, English actress *

Tony Rundle Anthony Maxwell Rundle AO (5 March 1939 – 4 April 2025) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Tasmania from March 1996 until September 1998. He succeeded Ray Groom and was succeeded himself by Jim Bacon. He was a Liberal wh ...

(1939–2025), premier of Tasmania, Australia (1996–1998) Originating from the manor at Cobham in

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which at the time of the

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was called Roundale or Rundale (the site which is now named Randall Wood). The

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of Rundale, Rundell, Rundle, etc. was originally of 'middling' noble blood, owning a baronage in

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in the twelfth century that lasted for just two generations. Earliest records indicate that in 1203 the manor was granted to Henry de Cobham. In 1245 we find John de Cobham acquires the neighbouring manor of Rundale with . In the 13th century we then find that his son, Henry de Cobham de Rundale inherits Rundale. The line then passes to his son, Stephen de Cobham de Rundele, who becomes first Baron Rundell. The elder or Kentish line of the Cobhams terminated in an heiress, and she married Sir

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, who was summoned to Parliament in right of his wife, as Baron Cobham, in 1409, and who afterwards became famous as the leader of the

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. The Rundle family was then centered in the southwest, where amongst other things - and like many in the area - the family was a prominent member of the seafaring community and owned a large number of taverns until the mid seventeenth century. The Rundle family today is still largely based in the southeast of England, but also has strong centers in and around the south of London, to where many moved from the southwest and from Wales in the first half of the twentieth century.

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The Rundell-Biddick Association of America
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rundle (Surname) English-language surnames

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