 Thomas Cardinal Weld (1773–1837), a Roman Catholic cardinal, his brother Joseph Weld (1777–1863) (both of whom lived in Lulworth castle) and his nephew, Frederick Weld (1823–1891), a Prime Minister of New Zealand, were among the notable descendants of Humphrey Weld.Isabel Weld Perkins believed her Weld family and the Weld family of Lulworth Castle to be one and the same.Accordingly, she and Larz Anderson designed their Brookline home to resemble it.