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1981

  • Dorothy Raleigh

    The early days of room-stewarding

  • Hugh Sackville-West (1919 -2001)

    Lord Sackville's father was Agent and Administrator of Knole, for Knole Estates and the National Trust

  • Introducing this website

    updated March 2026

  • Jenny Wright and Ethelwyn Osborne

    Volunteer needlewomen on The King's Bed project, 1974-1987

  • John Martin

    Caring for Knole's clocks for more than 20 years

  • Michael Doggett

    Heating and plumbing designer at Knole for 40 years

  • Richard Wakeford

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

  • William Hughes, aged 17, Second Footman's duties included polishing the Knole silver

    Rose from Second Footman to Knole Butler
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