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3 unusual facts about Knole House


Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth

By the death of the Duke she came into possession of £13,000 a year, besides the borough of East Grinstead, while Dorset House and Knole Park subsequently passed into her hands.

Knole House

It was also used in the filming in January 1967 of the Beatles' videos that accompanied the release of "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever".

Thomas Billingsley

Little is known of his childhood, but by the early 1620s he was in service with Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset at Knole House in Kent.


The Edwardians

Through her own novel Orlando, the protagonist of which is wholly based on Vita, she inspired her to write a novel about Knole House and her childhood experiences there herself.


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