[4] The family prospered as coal (in nearby Silverdale, Staffordshire) and iron owners and also brick and tile manufacturers.

During the English Civil War, Keele Hall was, allegedly, briefly instrumental is providing an asylum for King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

In 1851 the old house was demolished and replaced with the current Jacobethan design by architect Anthony Salvin, possibly to emulate the neighbouring estate at Crewe Hall.

[4][2] English architect William Eden Nesfield described Keele Hall as: One of the best planned houses of its time and drew attention to the way it was adapted to the slope on which it stoodThe park was landscaped around 1768–70 by William Emes, who added to or enlarged existing ponds and planted trees to conceal what remained working farms in the park.

[9] During the ten years the Grand Duke lived at Keele Hall, he took up the life of an English country gentleman.

[12] The Tudor Revival dining room features tapestries from the Aubusson Manufactory and carvings in the style of Grinling Gibbons.