LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

JOHN FREDERICK SACKVILLE, 3RD DUKE OF DORSET. From the portrait at Knole by GAINSBOROUGH[Frontispiece]
NORTH-EAST VIEW OF KNOLE. From the drawing by T. BRIDGEMAN To face page[2]
THE GREEN COURT, BOURCHIER’S ORIEL[6]
THE STONE COURT, BOURCHIER’S GATEHOUSE[10]
THE STONE COURT[16]
KNOLE FROM AN AEROPLANE[20]
THE GARDEN SIDE[22]
A GATEWAY INTO THE GARDEN[26]
A CONFERENCE OF ENGLISH AND SPANISH PLENIPOTENTIARIES AT SOMERSET HOUSE IN 1604. From the painting by MARC GHEERHARDTS in the National Portrait Gallery[32]
LEAD PIPE-HEADS. Put Up by THOMAS SACKVILLE in 1605[38]
THE GREAT STAIRCASE (UPPER FLIGHT). Built by THOMAS SACKVILLE 1604–8[46]
RICHARD SACKVILLE, 3RD EARL OF DORSET, K.G. From the miniature by ISAAC OLIVER in the Victoria and Albert Museum[52]
LADY ANNE CLIFFORD, wife of RICHARD SACKVILLE, 3rd Earl of Dorset. From the portrait at Knole by MYTENS[56]
LADY MARGARET SACKVILLE, daughter to RICHARD SACKVILLE, 3rd Earl of Dorset, and LADY ANNE CLIFFORD: “The Child.” From the portrait at Knole by MYTENS[68]
THE VENETIAN AMBASSADOR’S BEDROOM[72]
EDWARD SACKVILLE, 4TH EARL OF DORSET, K.G. From the portrait at Knole by VANDYCK[84]
THE TWO SONS OF EDWARD, 4TH EARL OF DORSET: RICHARD, LORD BUCKHURST and THE HON. EDWARD SACKVILLE. From the portrait at Knole by CORNELIUS NUIE[106]
CHARLES SACKVILLE, 6TH EARL OF DORSET, K.G. From the portrait by Sir GODFREY KNELLER in the Poets’ Parlour at Knole[116]
THE BROWN GALLERY. Built by ARCHBISHOP BOURCHIER in 1460[148]
LADY BETTY GERMAINE. From the portrait at Knole by C. PHILLIPS To face page[168]
LADY BETTY GERMAINE’S BEDROOM AT KNOLE[172]
HWANG-A-TUNG, A CHINESE BOY, page to the 3rd Duke of Dorset. From the portrait at Knole by Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS[192]
JOHN FREDERICK SACKVILLE, 3RD EARL OF DORSET; ARABELLA DIANA, 3RD DUCHESS OF DORSET; THE EARL OF MIDDLESEX; LADY ELIZABETH SACKVILLE, and LADY MARY SACKVILLE. From a silhouette by A. T. TERSTAN 1797. The property of LADY SACKVILLE[196]
GEORGE JOHN FREDERICK SACKVILLE, 4TH EARL OF DORSET; LADY MARY SACKVILLE, and LADY ELIZABETH SACKVILLE. From the portrait at Knole by HOPPNER[204]
ROCKING-HORSE, once the property of the 4th Duke of Dorset: A RECEIPT from GAINSBOROUGH[208]

CHAPTER I
The House