Ebberston Hall is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

country house in

Ebberston Ebberston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ebberston and Yedingham in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, and is east from the county town of Northallerton. In 1961 the parish had a population of 466. ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. It was built in the 18th century for William Thompson. It was subsequently inherited by

Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet General Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet (18 June 1729 – 25 January 1794) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Bt., of Beverley, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was ...

, followed by Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham. It was later purchased by

George Osbaldeston George Osbaldeston (26 December 1786 – 1 August 1866), best known as Squire Osbaldeston, was an English politician who served as a Member of Parliament but who had his greatest impact as a sportsman and first-class cricketer. Early life He wa ...

, before passing into the ownership (by inheritance from his father who had acquired it in 1941) of

West de Wend Fenton (Michael) West de Wend Fenton (2February 19276July 2002), the squire of Ebberston Hall, North Yorkshire, was an English landowner, adventurer and eccentric, whose desertion from the French Foreign Legion in 1954 was the subject of a book, ''The Re ...

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