Memorial
Title
Title
Capt The Hon W Curzon - Chess Set
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Several further photographs are held on file. |
Locations
Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Park
Kedleston Rd
Kedleston
Derbyshire
DE22 5JH
NGR:
SK 31282 40284
(From online digital mapping)
In the library.
Type
An ivory chess set and board in a glazed wooden frame.
| Component | Material | Height | Width | Depth | Condition |
| Chess set | Ivory | c100 | c1000 | c1000 | Good |
| Case | Wood, glass | c1000 | c1100 | c1100 | Good |
| Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.. | |||||
Inscription
| Chess set: | (None) |
| Old label: | These Ivory Chess men and Chess Board were sent by Sir William Rumbold Bt. from Calcutta as a present to Felicité Lady Scarsdale in December 1815 |
| Extract from room notes: |
The Library contains ... an ivory chess set which was given to the second Lord Scarsdale's wife in memory of her son who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. |
| Conflicts and people commemorated | ||
| Conflict | Waterloo Campaign (1815) | |
| Number died | 1 | |
| Number served and returned | 0 | |
| Total names | 1 | |
Administration
The National Trust.
Local authorities:
After WW1: Kedleston Parish Council; Belper Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Kedleston Parish Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
10 February 1972: The hall lies within the Kedleston Conservation Area designated on that date.
The hall lies within Kedleston Hall Park listed in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
The hall is listed in the Derbyshire Historic Environment Record (formerly the Derbyshire Sites and Monuments Record) HER Number 21901.
The hall is listed in the PastScape register based on the National Monuments Record national historic environment database.
25th June, 2011: Surveyed by Roy Branson and Frances Casey.
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