Long Critchel House was bought in 1945 by Edward Sackville-West, from 1962 the 5th Baron Sackville, the music critic Desmond Shawe-Taylor and art critic Eardley Knollys, who established "what in effect was a male salon, entertaining at the weekends a galaxy of friends from the worlds of books and music" in Long Crichel, including James Lees-Milne, a close friend of Knollys.
John Eardley Wilmot | Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet | Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley | Robert Knollys | Knollys family | Eardley Norton | William Knollys, 1st Earl of Banbury | Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet | Jon Eardley | John Eardley-Wimot | Joan Eardley | Francis Knollys (the elder) | Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys | Eardley Knollys |