Kedleston Hall

Learn about how Kedleston’s vibrant story and how it is entangled with global histories, from Rome to India.

Find out about George Nathaniel Curzon, a politician, colonialist and contentious individual, and his roles from Viceroy of India to president of the National League for Opposing Women’s Suffrage.

We’re telling the story of Lord Curzon’s involvement in the anti-suffrage movement. Find out more here.

Kedleston, along with a number of other places and collections in our care, has direct links to colonialism. Learn more about what we are doing to address the histories of slavery and colonialism and to acknowledge their impact and legacies.

Kedleston is collaborating with a team of historians, including Dr Corinne Fowler at the University of Leicester, on Colonial Countryside. This child-led writing and history project explores African, Caribbean and Indian connections at 11 of our places.

Ahead of a project to rethink how the Eastern Museum at Kedleston is displayed and represented, we listened to individuals and organisations to help us explore this opportunity.