Her mother strongly favoured her marrying Lascelles (who would make Vita a countess and the mistress of Harewood House) in preference to Harold Nicolson
, who had upper-middle-class parents and a diplomatic career. Marriage...
Violence
Vita Sackville-West
Beginning when she was sixteen, VSW
's godfather, the Hon. Kenneth Hallyburton Campbell
, more than once attempted to rape her. She later related several narrow escapes, and felt they had had a serious long-term effect.
