{{Short description|Manor house in Ampton, Suffolk, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} thumb|Ampton Hall '''Ampton Hall''' is a Grade II-listed Jacobean style manor house in Ampton, Suffolk, England.
Ampton Hall was the birthplace in 1805 of Robert FitzRoy, who became the second Governor of New Zealand.
It later belonged to the Paley family: John Paley (1839-1894) was High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1889–90 and his son George Arthur Paley (1874-1941) High Sheriff in 1906–07.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue =27890|page=1434| date= 27 February 1906}}</ref>
The Hall was destroyed by fire on 3 January 1885<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barker |first=H. R. |title=West Suffolk Illustrated |publisher=F. G. Pawsey and Co Ltd |year=1907 |location=Bury St Edmunds |pages=6}}</ref> and re-built in 1892 by Eustace Balfour and Hugh Thackeray Turner of London.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-284197-ampton-hall-ampton-suffolk|title= Ampton Hall|publisher= British Listed Buildings}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ampton.htm|title=Suffolk Churches|author=|date=|website=www.suffolkchurches.co.uk|accessdate=1 February 2018}}</ref> It has gardens designed by Capability Brown and a lake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mallardbarn.com/ampton.asp|title=Driven Game Shooting, Game Hunting Shop, Game Supplies, Mallard Barn|author=|date=|website=Mallard Barn Game Shooting|accessdate=1 February 2018}}</ref>
During the First World War, the house was used as an auxiliary hospital.<ref>"War Service In Hospitals." ''Times'' [London, England] 10 Feb. 1919: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Mar. 2014.</ref>
The property was acquired by Sir Pierce Lacy, Bt., a stockbroker, who was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1927–28.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue =33259|page=1877| date= 22 March 1927}}</ref> When he died in 1956 the contents of the house were sold at auction.<ref>"News in Brief." ''Times'' [London, England] 4 Sept. 1957: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Mar. 2014.</ref>
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==External links== *Sir Victor Paley
{{Commons category|Ampton Hall}} *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=1585-nbr46&cid=0#0 Photos at the National Archives]
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Category:Houses in Suffolk Category:Grade II listed buildings in Suffolk
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