Victoria Sackville-West

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Not to be confused with Vita Sackville-West.

Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville (1862–1936) was the wife of her cousin Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville and the mother of writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West. The family lived mainly at Knole House, an estate that had been theirs for centuries. Victoria embodied this heritage.

Early life, daughter's notoriety

She was the illegitimate daughter of the English diplomat Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville and the Spanish dancer Josefa de la Oliva (née Durán y Ortega, known as Pepita). Her life is mostly overshadowed by the high-profile and controversial bisexual life of her daughter, Vita Sackville-West, who had an open marriage with diplomat Harold Nicolson and affairs with Violet Trefusis and Virginia Woolf. Lady Sackville was a loyal friend of sculptor Auguste Rodin and her bust is on display at the Rodin Museum. http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/collections/sculptures/lady-sackville-west

Houses

She had Edwin Lutyens design a house for her at Roedean, another for her guests at Worthing, and yet another in London.^[1]

Notes

↑ Ron Smith (2005). "Edwin Lutyens and his Two Ladies". Wargrave Local History Society. Retrieved 2013-01-27.

External links

Chester Arthur and Victoria Sackville

Persondata
Name	Sackville, Victoria Sackville-West, Baroness
Alternative names
Short description	illegitamate daughter of a British baron
Date of birth	1862
Place of birth
Date of death	1936
Place of death

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