This was extended in Tudor and Jacobean times to form a rambling manor house of considerable size.
Seaton Delaval | Sir John Delaval, 3rd Baronet | Edward Elers Delaval Henderson | John Delaval, 1st Baron Delaval | George Delaval |
Seaton Delaval Hall was built in 1721 and was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, who also designed Blenheim Palace.
In 1988, IMO Delaval sold the Enterprise aftermarket services to Cooper Industries which, in turn, spun off its oil and gas related holdings to Cameron Corporation, previously known as Cooper Cameron Corporation, Cameron International Process and Compression Systems is the current original equipment manufacturer for Enterprise engines.
In 1716 he purchased for £5000 the forfeited estate of the Shafto family at Bavington Hall, Northumberland, and in 1718 he bought the ancient seat of the Delaval family at Seaton Delaval from his impoverished cousin, Sir John Delaval, 3rd Baronet.
He was created a baronet, of Seaton Delaval in the County of Northumberland, in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1761, and in 1783 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Delaval, of Redford in the County of Wicklow.
Shortly thereafter, Delaval was involved in intrigue at court where he was regarded as a possible Jacobite sympathiser and he lost his command.
William's nephew George Shafto (later George Shafto Delaval) married a daughter of George Delaval of North Dissington and sister of Admiral George Delaval.