Yeldersley Hall, Derbyshire

Yeldersley Hall is a building of historical significance in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England and is listed on the English Heritage Register.

She became a wealthy heiress as she inherited a large part of the Snelston Estate[4] from her great uncle as well as her father's property which included Yeldersley Hall when he died in 1824.

In 1846 he commenced the construction of a huge mansion near Ashbourne called “Osmaston Manor” which became the family's main residence.

The 1871 Census shows the eldest son John living there with his family and fourteen servants.

Judith was regarded as a great benefactor and her obituary in a local newspaper outlined her many donations to charitable institutions.

Their eldest son Fitzherbert Wright (1905–1975), who spent his childhood at the Hall, was a grandfather of the Duchess of York.

[12] Henry's youngest daughter was Muriel Joyce Wright (1909–1944) whom many have claimed is Ian Fleming's original Bond girl.

The writer John Craig says: When Henry died in 1947 Yeldersley Hall was sold to Clarence Arnold Fell, a consulting engineer.

Yeldersley Hall
Map Yeldersley Hall 1841
Francis Wright
Fitzherbert Wright and Doreen Wingfield, grandparents of the Duchess of York
Henry Fitzherbert Wright (1870–1947), his wife and some of their grandchildren at Yeldersley Hall in 1936