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Staff

Stories by staff working at Knole, for the Sackville family, the National Trust and others

  • Acquiring Gainsborough's portrait of the marquis de Champcenetz

    Behind the scenes of a thrilling 2016 auction

  • Alan Grubb

    Bricklayer and builder at Knole, 1963-87

  • Ann Hammond

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

  • Annabel Wylie

    Professional textile conservator - the King's Bed project 1982-1987

  • Audrey Longley

    Audrey's mother and two aunts worked as Still Room maids at Knole in the 1920s

  • Barbara Elgar

    Barbara's grandmother and great-aunts worked as housemaids at Knole

  • Barbara Taylor

    Learning Officer

  • Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces

    Knole's carpenter in the 1960s and '70s

  • Charlie Beavin, Head Gardener at Knole from 1938

    Born on Knole Estate, started work from the age of 14

  • Christmases at Knole

    Memories of interviewees from the earliest decades of the 20th century

  • Cyril Haysom meets the Queen Mother in 1980

    Cyril was stonemason at Knole, 1963-84

  • David and Margaret Richie

    Knole Estate gardener and housemaid, 1930s

  • David Arrowsmith

    Knole Estate carpenter 1965-1979

  • Douglas Jeffery

    Nephew of Knole's Housekeeper, Bertha Jeffery, in the 1920s

  • Emma Slocombe

    Inspired by Knole Project Curator, 2007-2017

  • Emma Slocombe on curatorial research and re-presenting Knole

    Inspired by Knole, Project Curator 2007-2017

  • Emmy Arlett

    Knole Estate Fencer's daughter, grew up in estate cottage in the 1910s and 20s

  • Frances Parton

    Project Curator, Knole, 2017-2019

  • Gerry Alabone and Mark Searle, frames conservators in 2016

    Frames conservators, Inspired by Knole project (2013-2019)

  • Gwen Froggatt

    Gwen visited Muriel Pinner, housekeeper at Knole in 1945

  • Hannah Kay

    General Manager, Knole, from 2015

  • Helen Fawbert

    House and Collections Manager, Knole, 2006-2018

  • Ian Mason

    Ian's father, Frank Mason, was Knole's Estate Manager, 1943-67.

  • Ian Pattenden

    Ian's grandparents were Knole front hall porters between the two world wars
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Working at Knole
  • Acquiring Gainsborough's portrait of the marquis de Champcenetz
  • Alan Grubb
  • Audrey Longley
  • Barbara Taylor
  • Bill Manning worked on the Ballroom sconces
  • Charlie Beavin, Head Gardener at Knole from 1938
  • Christine Sitwell
  • Christmases at Knole
  • Cyril Haysom meets the Queen Mother in 1980
  • David and Margaret Richie
  • David Arrowsmith
  • David Cattell
  • Douglas Jeffery
  • Emma Slocombe
  • Emma Slocombe on curatorial research and re-presenting Knole
  • Emmy Arlett
  • Frances Parton
  • Gerry Alabone and Mark Searle, frames conservators in 2016
  • Graeme Gardiner's work on Knole's 17th century pedigree rolls
  • Hannah Kay
  • Helen Fawbert
  • Ian Tyers
  • Introducing this website
  • Jack Pattenden
  • James Finlay
  • James P Wright
  • Jan Cutajar
  • Jonathan Sargant
  • Judy Raschen
  • Kay Stratford recalls her mother’s service in about 1900
  • Knole volunteers who found the Message-in-a-Bottle
  • Leslie Farrow
  • Lucy and Agnes Hodder
  • Margaret Simmons née Beavin
  • Martha Infray
  • Martin Drury remembers Vita Sackville-West's rocking horse
  • Matthew Champion
  • Maurice Howard, OBE, supervised two key PhD theses on Knole
  • Meet the team
  • Melanie Caldwell on conserving Reynolds's paintings
  • Michael Doggett
  • Mr and Mrs Collins
  • Mr and Mrs Jack Tye
  • Nathalie Cohen
  • Nathalie Cohen
  • Richard Hill
  • Robin Mills
  • Sarah Maisey conserving a Reynolds portrait
  • Siobhan Barratt
  • Stan Hollands
  • The Beatles at Knole in 1967
  • Tim Martin
  • Tobit Curteis, conservator, historic wall paintings
  • Vic Paler
  • Victoria Phillips
  • William Hughes, aged 17, Second Footman's duties included polishing the Knole silver
  • Yannick Chastang
  • Zenzie Tinker
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  • 1880s (2 interviews)
  • 1890s (3 interviews)
  • 1900s (4 interviews)
  • 1910s (7 interviews)
  • 1920s (11 interviews)
  • 1930s (13 interviews)
  • 1940s (18 interviews)
  • 1950s (11 interviews)
  • 1960s (19 interviews)
  • 1970s (14 interviews)
  • 1980s (14 interviews)
  • 1990s (7 interviews)
  • 2000s (6 interviews)
  • 2010s (35 interviews)
  • 2020s (7 interviews)
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