David Collingwood - Kedleston Hall

Mon, Dec 16th 2013 at 12:00 am - 12:00 am

Duty Rtn: B Masson. Raffle by: R Gent. Tech duty: J Sheldon.

KEDLESTON HALL

On 16 December, David Collingwood, a former member and treasurer of our Club, gave us a talk on Kedleston Hall, the family home of the Curzons. The manor of Kedleston was originally given by William the Conqueror to one of his supporters, Robert de Courcon. The family name was anglicised in the mid 17^th century to Curzon and, in 1641, John Curzon was awarded a minor hereditary title of baronet. In 1751, his descendant, Nathaniel Curzon, was elevated to the peerage and became the first Baron Scarsdale. It was he who built what is now Kedleston Hall, completed in 1765, not just as a family home but mainly as a showcase for his collections. The house was designed in the Palladian style of the 16^th century, with Robert Adam, the Scottish architect, being appointed initially to deal with the landscaping, which involved the diversion of a toll road and rehousing of villagers. Adam eventually took sole responsibility also for the house, its fittings, furnishing and d

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