Since its purchase in 1604 by Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, the house at Knole, Kent, has been inhabited by 13 generations of a single aristocratic family, the Sackvilles. Here, drawing on a wealth of resources, the current incumbent of the seat paints a vivid portrait of the history of the magnificent house.
Since its purchase in 1604 by Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, the house at Knole, Kent, has been inhabited by 13 generations of a single aristoc...
In the wee hours of the morning of June 3, 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. Only when the identity of the couple was revealed in the English press a fortnight later did the full story emerge. The man, Henry Sackville-West, had shot himself minutes after the death of his wife; but Henry's suicidal despair had been driven equally by the failure of his claim to be the legitimate heir to Knole, one of England's largest and stateliest private homes.
Henry's father, Lord Sackville, had been introduced to Pepita de Oliva, a beautiful...
In the wee hours of the morning of June 3, 1914, a woman and her husband were found dead in a sparsely furnished apartment in Paris. Only when the ...
