All' indomani della presentazione di Virginia Woolf, non potevo sottacere e non proporre la figura della scrittrice
Victoria (Vita) SACKVILLE-WEST (* Knole House, Kent, 1892 + Sissinghurst Castle, 1962), legata sentimentalmente a costei dal 1922 al 1941.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-WestDel fascino esercitato sulla grande scrittrice, Vita avrebbe avuto una testimonianza molto lusinghiera nel ritratto di "Orlando", il protagonista alternativamente maschile e femminile del famoso romanzo, che è in parte modellato su di lei.
Malgrado le sue indubbie qualità di narratrice, è stata molto rappresentativa in quanto "prodotto" di un ambiente e di un'epoca e di un compiaciuto gusto della decadenza
artistocratica.
La sua vena di narratrice si è esaurita abbastanza presto, lasciando traccia di sè sempre in primo piano nell'attualità per motivi eminentemente scandalistici.
Nei suoi ultimi anni, la Sackville-West, grande esperta di giardinaggio, avrebbe scritto soltanto di argomenti botanici.
Barons De La Warr, First Creation (1299, abeyant 1554) )
Barons West (1402, abeyant 1554) )
Barons De La Warr, Second Creation (1572)
Earls De La Warr (1761)
Barons Buckhurst (1864 from 1873)
•Roger la Warr, 1st Baron De La Warr (fl. 1320)
•John la Warr, 2nd Baron De La Warr (c. 1277–1347)
•Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr (c. 1329–1370)
•John la Warr, 4th Baron De La Warr (c. 1344–1398)
•Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr (c. 1352–1427)
•Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365–1405), married the heiress , through whom his second son eventually became Baron De La Warr.
•Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (c. 1391–1416)
•Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West (c. 1394–1451)
•Richard West, 7th BaronBaron De La Warr and 4th Baron West (c. 1430–1476)
•Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr and 5th Baron West KG (c. 1457–1525)
•Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr and 6th Baron West KG (c. 1475–1554) ( abeyant 1554)
•William West, 1st Baron De La Warr (1520–1595), nephew and adopted heir of Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr. His son and descendants have been seated with the precedence of 1299, as though they had inherited his uncle Thomas's title.
•Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr (1556–1602)
•Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618)
•Henry West, 4th Baron De La Warr (1603–1628)
•Charles West, 5th Baron De La Warr (1626–1687)
•John West, 6th Baron De La Warr (1663–1723)
•John West, 1st Earl De La Warr, Viscount Cantelupe, 7th Baron De La Warr (1693–1766)
•Earl De La Warr (1729–1777)
•William Augustus West, 3rd Earl De La Warr (1757–1783)
•John Richard West, 4th Earl De La Warr (1758–1824)
•George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr (1791–1869), married (1795–1870) see above
•Charles Richard Sackville West, 6th Earl De La Warr (1815–1873)
•Reginald Windsor Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr, 2nd Baron Buckhurst (1817–1896)
•Gilbert George Reginald Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr (1869–1915)
•Gilbert George Reginald Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr (1869–1915)
•Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr (1900–1976)
•William Herbrand Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr (1921–1988)
•William Herbrand Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr (b. 1948)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_De_La_WarrLo Stato americano del Delaware prese il nome in onore di Thomas WEST, 3
rd Baron De La Warr (1577-1618), governatore della colonia inglese di Jamestown, Virginia (1610).
Barons Sackville (1876)
•Mortimer Sackville-West, 1st Baron Sackville (1820–1888), created with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his younger brothers the Hon. Lionel and the Hon. William Edward. Sackville-West was the fourth son of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr and Elizabeth Sackville-West, Countess De La Warr and 1st Baroness Buckhurst, younger daughter and co-heir of John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset.
•Lionel Sackville Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville (1827–1908)
•Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville (1867–1928)
•Charles John Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville (1870–1962)
•Edward Charles Sackville-West, 5th Baron Sackville (1901–1965)
•Lionel Bertrand Sackville-West, 6th Baron Sackville (1913–2004)
•Robert Bertrand Sackville-West, 7th Baron Sackville (b. 1958)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_SackvilleSACKVILLE-WESTArms :
Quarterly, 1st and 4th argent, a fess dancettée sable, for WEST ; 2nd and 3rd quarterly, or and gules a bend vair, for SACKVILLE.
Crests : 1
st WEST : Out of a ducal coronet or, a griffin's head azure beaked and cared gold ; 2
nd, SACKVILLE : Out of a coronet composed of fleurs-de-lis or, an catcile or.
Supporters : Two griffin's azure ducally gorged or, pendant from each an escutcheon that on the dexter bearing the arms of WEST and that on the sinister the arms of SACKVILLE.
Motto : JOUR DE MA VIE

All'età di 21 anni sposò
Sir Harold NICOLSON (1886-1968), diplomatico, scrittore e politico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_George_Nicolson, figlio del diplomatico Sir Arthur NICOLSON (1849-1928), 11
th Baronet, 1
st Baron Carnock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Nic ... on_Carnock.
Dalla loro unione nacquero 2 figli :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Nicolson (1914-1978, storico dell'arte)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Nicolson (1917-2004, scrittore, editore e politico)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Carnock (Baronetto, 1636 ; Barone, 1916)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_NicolsonNICOLSONArms :
Or a lion's head between three falcon's heads erased Gules a bordure azure
Alias :
Or, three falcon's heads erased GulesCrest : A falcon with two heads displayed proper
Supporters : Two falcons reguardant proper

La residenza di famiglia di Knole House (Kent), 20 miglia SE di Londra. E' una delle poche dimore al mondo denominate " Calendar house ". Infatti, contempla 365 stanze, 52 scale, 12 ingressi, 7 cortili (rispettivamente : giorni dell' anno, settimane, mesi, giorni della settimana).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knole_HouseL'ultima residenza di Sissinghurst Castle (Kent), è famosa in tutto il Regno Unito per i suoi giardini.
http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/manor ... castle.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissinghurst_CastleVita Sackville-West, tra le varie storie sentimentali, ebbe una relazione con la scrittrice Violet TREFUSIS (1894-1972).
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_TrefusisLa di lei madre Alice KEPPEL (1868-1947),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Keppel, amante di Re Edoardo VII, è la bisnonna materna di Camilla SHAND, Duchessa di Cornovaglia.
http://www.invectis.co.uk/sissing/