Bretby Hall is a country house at Bretby, Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton-upon-Trent on the border with Staffordshire. The name Bretby means "dwelling place of Britons". In Britain (and also in Ireland) the term country house generally refers to a large house which was built on an agricultural estate as the private residence of the landowner. ... Bretby is a village in the south of Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton-upon-Trent, on the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive hill and mountain scenery. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Location within the British Isles. ... Burton-upon-Trent is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. ...

The first Bretby Hall was built in 1630 after Thomas Stanhope bought the manor of Bretby from Stephen de Segrave to whom it had been granted by Ranulph, Earl of Chester. The Earldom of Chester is one of the few palatine earldoms in England. ...

In 1628, his grandson Philip was made made Earl of Chesterfield by King Charles I of England. From then on, Bretby Hall was the ancestral home of the Earls of Chesterfield. Charles I (19 November 1600–30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625, until his death. ... The Earls of Chesterfield were an aristocratic family from Derbyshire, England. ...

The second Earl was responsible for a complete restyling of the gardens so that some compared them favourably with the gardens at Versailles. Versailles, formerly the capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ...

The fifth Earl demolished the mansion and built the present Hall to a design by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville.

The sixth Earl, known as the "racing Earl", loved cricket and shooting, so he built a cricket pitch and raised game birds.

The seventh earl died without issue, and the estate revolved to his mother and through her to the wife of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, the famous egyptologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. Egyptologist is the designation given to an archaeologist or historian who specialises in Egyptology, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and its antiquities. ... Tutankhamun (alternate transcription Tutankhamen), named Tutankhaten early in his life, was Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (1334 BC/1333 BC - 1323 BC), during the period known as the New Kingdom. ...

In 1926, the Hall was sold to Derbyshire County Council and was run as an orthopaedic hospital until the 1990s when it was sold to a private developer, who has converted it into luxury apartments and suites.