the hall belonged in the later 17th century to john edwyn, whose grandson, also john, rebuilt it, but incorporated some parts of the 16th-century manor house. in 1770, his daughter anna edwyn married andrew burnaby, archdeacon of leicester, and so ownership of the estate passed to the burnaby family. later owners included edwyn burnaby, high sheriff of leicestershire, his son edwyn burnaby, and his grandson algernon edwyn burnaby. baggrave hall was the childhood-home of louisa burnaby, a great-grandmother of elizabeth ii. soon after algernon burnaby's death in 1938, his son and heir hugh edwyn burnaby sold the estate. it became the home of the earle family, which sold it about 1975.