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Staff

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

  • Jack Pattenden

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

  • Jacquie Elphick and Linda Grimwood, childhood memories of visiting Knole

    Visiting their aunt and uncle, Knole Lodge keepers in the 1950s and '60s

  • Jan Cutajar

    Conservator, Knole kussenkast and 17th century letters

  • Janet Harwood

    Janet's father was Fred Piercy, works foreman at Knole 1960-85

  • Jim Potter

    Jim's father and grandfather worked at Knole from 1909

  • Joan Padfield

    Joan went to Knole in 1942 to learn how to clean and cook

  • Jonathan Sargant

    Forging links with the wider community

  • Judy Raschen

    Former tour guide at Knole in 1957

  • Kay Stratford recalls her mother’s service in about 1900

    Kay's mother was roast meat cook in the Knole kitchen

  • Leslie Farrow

    Leslie's mother was housemaid at Knole in 1880

  • Margaret Kingsnorth, 1960s nanny to Sackville-West family

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

  • Margaret Simmons née Beavin

    Head Gardener's daughter, Margaret lived for 50 years on Knole Estate

  • Maria Stevens

    Knole Estate servant during the Great War

  • Martha Infray

    Project Conservator, 2015-2018

  • Martin Drury remembers Vita Sackville-West's rocking horse

    Martin first arrived at Knole in 1973. His long association with Knole continues into the 21st century.

  • Michael Doggett

    Heating and plumbing designer at Knole for 40 years

  • Mr and Mrs Collins

    Blacksmith and assistant cook at Knole, 1920s

  • Mr and Mrs Jack Tye

    Memories of the 1987 storm in Sevenoaks

  • Nathalie Cohen

    Archaeologist, Knole; National Trust, London and South East

  • Nathalie Cohen

    Award-winning Archaeologist, Inspired by Knole project

  • Pilacita Pluckrose

    Daughter of Knole's cook and the valet to the Spanish Ambassador

  • Richard Hill

    Senior Project Manager, Inspired by Knole Project

  • Richard Wakeford

    Knole's property manager for the National Trust in the 1980s

  • Robin Mills

    Senior Building Surveyor, National Trust 1988 - 2019; Knole volunteer 2019 to present
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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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Interviews by decade
  • 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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