Editing Siegfried Sassoon (section)

===Marriage and later life===
In September 1931, Sassoon rented Fitz House, [[Teffont Magna]], Wiltshire, and began to live there.{{sfn|Moorcroft Wilson|2003|p=255}} In December 1933, he married Hester Gatty (daughter of [[Stephen Herbert Gatty|Sir Stephen Gatty]]), who was 20 years his junior, and soon afterwards they moved to [[Heytesbury]] House.

The marriage led to the birth of a child, something Sassoon had purportedly craved for a long time. Siegfried's son, [[George Sassoon]] (1936–2006), became a scientist, linguist, and author, and was adored by Siegfried, who wrote several poems addressed to him. Siegfried's marriage broke down after the Second World War, with Sassoon apparently unable to find a compromise between the solitude he enjoyed and the companionship he needed.

Separated from his wife in 1945, Sassoon lived in seclusion at Heytesbury in Wiltshire, but he maintained contact with a circle which included [[E. M. Forster]] and [[J. R. Ackerley]]. One of his closer friends was the cricketer [[Dennis Silk]] who later became Warden (headmaster) of Radley College. He also formed a close friendship with Vivien Hancock, then headmistress of Greenways School at Ashton Gifford House, Wiltshire, where his son George was a pupil. The relationship provoked Hester to make strong accusations against Hancock, who responded with the threat of legal action.{{sfn|Moorcroft Wilson|2003|pp=345–346}}