Editing Haddon Hall (section)

{{Short description|Medieval country house in Derbyshire, England}}
{{About|the English country house|the opera by [[Arthur Sullivan]]|Haddon Hall (opera)|other uses|Haddon Hall (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox building
| name                = Haddon Hall
| image               = Haddon Hall.jpg
| image_caption       = Haddon Hall in 2010
| building_type       = Country house
| location_town       = [[Bakewell]], [[Derbyshire]]
| location_country    = [[United Kingdom]]
| map_type            = Derbyshire
| map_alt             = 
| map_caption         = Location within Derbyshire
| coordinates         = {{coord|53.1939|-1.6498|display=title,inline|region:GB-DBY_type:landmark}}
| website             = {{URL|https://www.haddonhall.co.uk/}}
| embedded = 
 {{Designation list
 | embed = yes
 | designation1 = Grade I
 | designation1_offname = Haddon Hall
 | designation1_date = 29 September 1951
 | designation1_number = 1334982<ref name="NHLE1334982">{{National Heritage List for England| num=1334982 |desc=Haddon Hall |grade=I |access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>
 | designation2 = Historic garden
 | designation2_date = 4 August 1984
 | designation2_number = 1000679<ref name="NHLE1000679">{{NHLE |num=1000679 |desc=Haddon Hall |grade=I |fewer-links=yes |access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>
 }}
}}
'''Haddon Hall''' is an [[English country house]] on the [[River Wye, Derbyshire|River Wye]] near [[Bakewell]], [[Derbyshire]], a former seat of the [[Duke of Rutland|Dukes of Rutland]]. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of [[David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland|the incumbent Duke]]) and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it has been described as "the most complete and most interesting house of [its] period".<ref name="Gotch">{{Cite web |url=http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Gotch/pages/025-Haddon-Hall,-Derbyshire/ |title=Gotch JA, ''The Growth of the English House'', 1909 |access-date=23 September 2006 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803231749/https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Gotch/pages/025-Haddon-Hall,-Derbyshire/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The origins of the hall are from the 11th century, with additions at various stages between the 13th and the 17th centuries, latterly in the [[Tudor period|Tudor]] style.

The [[Vernon family]] acquired the Manor of Haddon by a 12th-century marriage between Sir Richard de Vernon and Alice Avenell, daughter of William Avenell II. Four centuries later, in 1563, [[Dorothy Vernon]], the daughter and heiress of [[George Vernon (MP for Derby and Derbyshire)|Sir George Vernon]], married John Manners, the second son of [[Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland]]. A legend grew up in the 19th century that Dorothy and Manners eloped. The legend has been made into novels, dramatisations and other works of fiction. She nevertheless inherited the hall, and their grandson, also [[John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland|John Manners]], inherited the Earldom in 1641 from a distant cousin. His son, another [[John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland|John Manners]], was made [[Duke of Rutland|1st Duke of Rutland]] in 1703. In the 20th century, another [[John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland]], made a life's work of restoring the hall.