Victoria Sackville-West
| Victoria Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West 23 September 1862 Paris, France |
| Died | 30 January 1936 (aged 73) Roedean, Sussex |
| Spouse(s) | Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville |
| Children | Vita Sackville-West |
| Parent(s) |
Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville Josefa de la Oliva (née Durán y Ortega) |
Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville (23 September 1862 – 30 January 1936) married her cousin Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville. Their daughter was the writer, poet and gardener Vita Sackville-West. The family lived mainly at Knole House, an estate that had been in the Sackville family for centuries. Victoria, having experienced a controversial life herself, has since been mostly displaced in the public's consciousness by the colourful life of her daughter Vita.
Victoria was one of seven illegitimate children of the English diplomat Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville, and a Spanish dancer known by the stage name of "Pepita de Oliva", (Josephine née Durán y Ortega, she was married to Juan Antonio de Oliva). Pepita was referred to as Countess West though she never divorced her legal husband nor married the father of her children. Victoria was, in youth, referred to as Pepita Sackville West or as 'Lolo', a diminutive of her name Dolores. Whilst at convent school in 1881 however, the truth of her origins were revealed and she was advised to be known as Victoria West.Victoria's siblings included sisters Flora (born 1866), Amalia Marguerite Albertine (born 1868), Eliza (who died in 1866 the year after her birth ); brothers Ernest Henry Jean Baptiste (born 1869), Maximiliano (born 1858) and a short lived brother named Frederic who died, along with their mother, soon after his birth in March 1871. Lady Victoria's life has been largely overshadowed by the high-profile and controversial bisexual life of her daughter, Hon. Victoria (Vita) Sackville-West. Lady Sackville was a close friend of the sculptor Auguste Rodin; his marble bust of her, dated 1913, is on display at the Rodin Museum.
Long a friend of the architect Edwin Lutyens, she got Lutyens to remodel a house for her at Sussex Square, Brighton, She is also attributed with commissioning Lutyens to build other houses, for example White Lodge at Roedean, Brighton and another for her guests at Worthing. She also commissioned Lutyens to remodel two houses in London at Ebury Square, Belgravia and at Hill Street, Mayfair.
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