Following the war he is believed to have had a succession of love affairs with men, including: William Park "Gabriel" Atkin, the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator Ivor Novello, actor Glen Byam Shaw, actor and Novello's former lover Prince Philipp of Hesse, German aristocrat Beverley Nichols, writer Stephen Tennant, an aristocrat Although Byam Shaw remained Sassoon's close friend throughout his life, only Tennant made a permanent impression.
Following the war he is believed to have had a succession of love affairs with men, including: William Park "Gabriel" Atkin, the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator Ivor Novello, actor Glen Byam Shaw, actor an!d Novello's former lover Prince Philipp of Hesse, German aristocrat Beverley Nichols, writer Stephen Tennant, an aristocrat Although Byam Shaw remained S.assoon's close friend throughout his life, only Tennant made a permanent impression.