Personal life Siegfried Sassoon

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1 personal life

1.1 affairs
1.2 marriage
1.3 religion





personal life

siegfried sassoon s gravestone in mells churchyard



blue plaque, 23 campden hill square, london


affairs

sassoon, having matured result of military service, continued seek emotional fulfilment, in succession of love affairs men, including:



william park gabriel atkin, landscape architectural , figure painter, draftsman , illustrator
ivor novello, actor
glen byam shaw, actor , novello s former lover
prince philipp of hesse, german aristocrat
beverley nichols, writer
the hon. stephen tennant, aristocrat

only last of these made permanent impression, though shaw remained sassoon s close friend throughout life.


marriage

in september 1931, sassoon rented , began live @ fitz house, teffont magna, wiltshire. in december 1933, married hester gatty, many years junior. marriage led birth of child, had purportedly craved long time:



george sassoon (1936–2006), married 4 times: firstly stephanie munro, @ inverness in 1955 (dissolved 1961); secondly marguerite dicks in 1961 (dissolved 1974); thirdly susan christian-howard in 1975 (dissolved 1982); , lastly alison pulvertaft.

george became scientist, linguist , author, , adored siegfried, wrote several poems addressed him. however, marriage broke down after second world war, sassoon apparently unable find compromise between solitude enjoyed , companionship craved.


separated wife in 1945, sassoon lived in seclusion @ heytesbury in wiltshire, although maintained contact circle included e m forster , j r ackerley. 1 of closest friends cricketer, dennis silk later became warden (headmaster) of radley college. formed close friendship vivien hancock, headmistress of greenways school @ ashton gifford, son george pupil. relationship provoked hester make strong accusations against hancock, responded threat of legal action.


religion

towards end of life, sassoon converted roman catholicism. had hoped ronald knox, roman catholic priest , writer whom admired, instruct him in faith, knox ill so. priest sebastian moore chosen instruct him instead, , sassoon admitted faith @ downside abbey in somerset. paid regular visits nuns @ stanbrook abbey, , abbey press printed commemorative editions of of poems. during time became interested in supernatural, , joined ghost club.








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