House & Family History: In 1851 the lease of Derby House was sold by the 14th Earl of Derby to Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Cleveland (widow of the 1st Duke of Cleveland); upon her death in 1861 the house was purchased by the developer Sir Charles Freake, who demolished Derby House in 1862 and replaced it with a new house (possibly designed by Francis William Tasker). Renumbered as 26 Grosvenor Square, the second house was demolished in 1957 to make way for Eero Saarinen's American Embassy.
Architect: Robert Adam
Date: 1773-75
Title: Genius of Robert Adam: His Interiors, The
Author: Harris, Eileen
Year Published: 2001
Reference: pg. 295
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press (London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)
ISBN: 0300081294
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Georgian Group Journal, Volume IX: 1999, The
Author: NA
Year Published: 1999
Reference: pg. 120
Publisher: London: The Georgian Group
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Softback
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 2008
Reference: pg. 50
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125085
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Demolished
Park Listed: Destroyed
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT FIRST HOUSE: Charles Griffith, 1728-31. Sir Robert Sutton, 1731-50. James Stanley-Smith, Lord Strange, 1750-71; Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, 1771-1834; Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, 1834-51; Edward Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, 1851. Elizabeth (Russell), Dowager Duchess of Cleveland, 1851-61.
Current Ownership Type: Demolished
Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No