Vita Sackville-West - Revision history

Wessexman: Exhibition 2024-25

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Exhibition 2024-25

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	Vita's most important lesbian relationships were with [[Violet Trefusis]] and [[Virginia Woolf]].		Vita's most important lesbian relationships were with [[Violet Trefusis]] and [[Virginia Woolf]].
			In 2024 an exhibition at Sissinghurst called Radical Relations was opened. Radical Relations looks at the unconventional lives of writer and poet Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson, the creators of Sissinghurst Castle Garden <ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clmmglze331o Exhibition of early 20th Century LGBTQ+ milestones BBC (Accessed 4 June 2024)</ref> .

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Ross Burgess at 14:01, 29 July 2015

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	She was born at Knole House, [[Sevenoaks]], the vast ancestral home of the Sackville-Wests, which she has written about in her book ''Knole and the Sackvilles''. Despite being the only child of the 3rd Lord Sackville, she did not inherit the house on his death in 1930, as according to the family custom that it should go with the title in the male line he bequeathed it to his nephew. It is now a National Trust property.		She was born at Knole House, [[Sevenoaks]], the vast ancestral home of the Sackville-Wests, which she has written about in her book ''Knole and the Sackvilles''. Despite being the only child of the 3rd Lord Sackville, she did not inherit the house on his death in 1930, as according to the family custom that it should go with the title in the male line he bequeathed it to his nephew. It is now a National Trust property.
	==Marriage==		==Marriage==
	In 1913 she married the writer and politician [[Harold Nicolson]]. They had a open marriage, and remained devoted to each other, despite each having a number of same-sex relationships. In 1930 they bought Sissinghurst Castle, near [[Cranbrook]], and created a famous garden there, now owned by the National Trust.		In 1913 she married the writer and politician [[Harold Nicolson]]. They had a open marriage, and remained devoted to each other, despite each having a number of same-sex relationships. In 1930 they bought [[Sissinghurst Castle]], near [[Cranbrook]], and created a famous garden there, now owned by the National Trust.

	==Relationships==		==Relationships==
	Vita's most important lesbian relationships were with [[Violet Trefusis]] and [[Virginia Woolf]].		Vita's most important lesbian relationships were with [[Violet Trefusis]] and [[Virginia Woolf]].

Ross Burgess at 22:02, 24 May 2015

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	She was born at Knole House, [[Sevenoaks]], the vast ancestral home of the Sackville-Wests, which she has written about in her book ''Knole and the Sackvilles''. Despite being the only child of the 3rd Lord Sackville, she did not inherit the house on his death in 1930, as according to the family custom that it should go with the title in the male line he bequeathed it to his nephew. It is now a National Trust property.		She was born at Knole House, [[Sevenoaks]], the vast ancestral home of the Sackville-Wests, which she has written about in her book ''Knole and the Sackvilles''. Despite being the only child of the 3rd Lord Sackville, she did not inherit the house on his death in 1930, as according to the family custom that it should go with the title in the male line he bequeathed it to his nephew. It is now a National Trust property.
	==Marriage==		==Marriage==
	In 1913 she married the writer and politician [[Harold ~~Nicholson~~]]. They had a open marriage, and remained devoted to each other, despite each having a number of same-sex relationships. In 1930 they bought Sissinghurst Castle, near [[Cranbrook]], and created a famous garden there, now owned by the National Trust.		In 1913 she married the writer and politician [[Harold Nicolson]]. They had a open marriage, and remained devoted to each other, despite each having a number of same-sex relationships. In 1930 they bought Sissinghurst Castle, near [[Cranbrook]], and created a famous garden there, now owned by the National Trust.
	==Relationships==		==Relationships==
	Vita's most important lesbian relationships were with [[Violet Trefusis]] and [[Virginia Woolf]].		Vita's most important lesbian relationships were with [[Violet Trefusis]] and [[Virginia Woolf]].

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Relationships

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Ross Burgess at 20:02, 27 June 2013

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	She was born at Knole House, [[Sevenoaks]] the vast ancestral home of the Sackville-Wests, which she has written about in her book ''Knole and the Sackvilles''. Despite being the only child of the 3rd Lord Sackville, she did not inherit the house on his death in 1930, as according to the family custom that it should go with the title in the male line he bequeathed it to his nephew. It is now a National Trust property.		She was born at Knole House, [[Sevenoaks]], the vast ancestral home of the Sackville-Wests, which she has written about in her book ''Knole and the Sackvilles''. Despite being the only child of the 3rd Lord Sackville, she did not inherit the house on his death in 1930, as according to the family custom that it should go with the title in the male line he bequeathed it to his nephew. It is now a National Trust property.
	==Marriage==		==Marriage==
	In 1913 she married the writer and politician [[Harold Nicholson]]. They had a open marriage, and remained devoted to each other, despite each having a number of same-sex relationships. In 1930 they bought Sissinghurst Castle, near [[Cranbrook]], and created a famous garden there, now owned by the National Trust.		In 1913 she married the writer and politician [[Harold Nicholson]]. They had a open marriage, and remained devoted to each other, despite each having a number of same-sex relationships. In 1930 they bought Sissinghurst Castle, near [[Cranbrook]], and created a famous garden there, now owned by the National Trust.

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[[File:Laszlo - Vita Sackville-West.jpg|allt=Portrait of Vita Sackville-West|thumb|Vita Sackville-West by Philip de László, 1910]]'''Vita Sackville-West''' ('''Hon Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson''', 1892–1962) was an author, poet, and gardener, known for her affair with the novelist [[Virginia Woolf]].

==Early life==
She was born at Knole House, [[Sevenoaks]] the vast ancestral home of the Sackville-Wests, which she has written about in her book ''Knole and the Sackvilles''. Despite being the only child of the 3rd Lord Sackville, she did not inherit the house on his death in 1930, as according to the family custom that it should go with the title in the male line he bequeathed it to his nephew. It is now a National Trust property.
==Marriage==
In 1913 she married the writer and politician [[Harold Nicholson]]. They had a open marriage, and remained devoted to each other, despite each having a number of same-sex relationships. In 1930 they bought Sissinghurst Castle, near [[Cranbrook]], and created a famous garden there, now owned by the National Trust.
==Relationships==
Vita's most important lesbian relationships were with [[Violet Trefusis]] and [[Virginia Woolf]].

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