Patrick Coleman continues the fascinating account of his father’s life as head butler at Chatsworth House for decades.
RETURNING to Chatsworth after the month-long stay at Lismore in Ireland, my dad Harry (re-christened Henry by the Duke) did not have his relations to help (or to torment) him in the pantry but was assisted by – at most – two footmen and two cooks. There, he served the great and the good for nearly five decades…