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In 1890 Victoria married her first cousin Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville. Their daughter, born in 1892, was the writer, poet, and gardener Vita Sackville-West . The family lived mainly at Knole House , an estate that had been in the Sackville family for centuries.
Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH (née Sackville-West; 9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist.
The West family is a noble family in the United Kingdom and a prominent family in the history of the U.S. state of Virginia. The Sackville-West branch is descended from George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr, originally a West who added the surname of his wife, Elizabeth Sackville. The most famous is Vita Sackville-West.
On 21 June 1813 she married George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr, the only son of John West, 4th Earl De La Warr, the former Catherine Lyell. [2] Lord De La Warr served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under Sir Robert Peel between 1841 and 1846 and under Lord Derby between 1858 and 1859, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1841. [ 3 ]
The Edwardians First edition cover Author Vita Sackville-West Language English Genre Bildungsroman Publisher Hogarth Press Publication date 1930 Publication place United Kingdom Media type Print (hardcover) Pages 346 OCLC 365653 The Edwardians (1930) is one of Vita Sackville-West's later novels and a clear critique of the Edwardian aristocratic society as well as a reflection of her own ...
Scott bequeathed to his mistress Victoria Sackville-West (Baroness Sackville) much of his property together with the sum of £150,000. She sold the art collection in the rue Laffitte apartment to the Paris art dealer Jacques Seligmann for £270,000. [1] [20]
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In April 1912, Lord Sackville was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent. [2] He married his first cousin Victoria Sackville-West (1862–1936), illegitimate daughter of the second Baron, in 1890. Their daughter was the novelist and poet Vita Sackville-West .