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The Sackville-West family

Glimpses of the past from the Sackville-West family as well stories of those who served them.

  • Ann Hammond

    Ann's mother was live-in assistant to the housekeeper in 1960
  • Charlie Beavin

    Head Gardener at Knole from 1938
  • Christmases at Knole

    Memories of interviewees from across the 20th century
  • Isabel Pearce

    Isabel's great-grandfather baked Vita Sackville-West's parents' wedding cake in 1890
  • Jack Pattenden

    Memories of parents - liveried Wicket Keepers [Front Hall Porters] at Knole
  • James Finlay

    Adviser, National Trust, Historic Interior Decoration
  • Margaret Kingsnorth

    Nanny to some of the Sackville-West children in the early 1960s
  • Michael Doggett

    Heating and plumbing designer at Knole for 40 years
  • Robert Sackville-West

    Lord Sackville, speaking about the Inspired by Knole Project (2013-2019)
  • Robert Sackville-West, Lord Sackville

    Childhood days at Knole, 1967-1970s
  • The Beatles at Knole

    Filming in Knole Park in 1967
  • William Hughes

    Second Footman at 17, then rose to become Lord Sackville's butler
Interviews by decade
  • 1880s (1 interview)
  • 1890s (2 interviews)
  • 1900s (2 interviews)
  • 1910s (4 interviews)
  • 1920s (6 interviews)
  • 1930s (10 interviews)
  • 1940s (15 interviews)
  • 1950s (11 interviews)
  • 1960s (17 interviews)
  • 1970s (11 interviews)
  • 1980s (12 interviews)
  • 1990s (6 interviews)
  • 2000s (5 interviews)
  • 2010s (25 interviews)
  • 2020s (2 interviews)
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