Editing Kedleston Hall (section)

==Background==
The current house was commissioned in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon and designed by [[Robert Adam]].<ref name=":BaronScar">{{cite web|url= https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/kedleston-hall/features/the-history-of-kedleston-hall|title= Explore Kedleston Hall - from Rome to India|publisher=National Trust |access-date= 24 August 2020}}</ref>

The Curzon family, whose name originates in [[Notre-Dame-de-Courson]] in Normandy, have been in Kedleston since at least 1297,  and have lived in a succession of [[manor house]]s near to or on the site of the present Kedleston Hall. The present house was commissioned by [[Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale|Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale)]] in 1759. The house was designed by the [[Palladian]] [[architect]]s [[James Paine (architect)|James Paine]] and [[Matthew Brettingham]] and was loosely based on an original plan by [[Andrea Palladio]] for the never-built [[Villa Mocenigo]].

At the time a relatively unknown architect, [[Robert Adam]], was designing some garden [[temple]]s to enhance the landscape of the park; Curzon was so impressed with his designs that Adam was quickly put in charge of the construction of the new [[mansion]].

On the death of [[Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale]] in 1977, expenses compelled the heir, his cousin ([[Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale|Francis Curzon]]), to transfer the property to the care of the National Trust.<ref name="Walsh">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/aristocrat-who-lives-huge-kedleston-9022680 |title=Aristocrat who lives at huge Kedleston Hall jailed after driving while banned for the third time in 13 months |date=11 October 2016 |newspaper=Daily Mirror |first=Aly |last=Walsh |access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>