Editing Kedleston Hall (section)

=== Second World War ===
In 1939, Kedleston Hall was offered by Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale, for use by the [[War Office]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eventplan.mysite1952.co.uk/page137.html |title=Kedleston at War 1939–45 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223204622/http://www.eventplan.mysite1952.co.uk/page137.html |archive-date=23 December 2012 |date=May 2009 |publisher=EventPlan}}</ref> The Hall was used in various ways during the War, including as a mustering point and army training camp.

It also formed one of the [[Y-stations]] used to gather [[signals intelligence]] by collecting radio transmissions which, if [[encrypted]], were subsequently passed to [[Bletchley Park]] for [[decryption]].<ref>"[http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/resources/file.rhtm/648479/roh+explanatory+notes.pdf Bletchley Park Roll of Honor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811183412/https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/resources/file.rhtm/648479/roh+explanatory+notes.pdf |date=11 August 2017 }}." Bletchley Park Roll of Honor. Retrieved on 7 September 2012.</ref>