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Arabic English UK. Butler is a chief male servant. Pretty much any time that someone pulled the bell rope to summon a servant to get something done, the one who answered was a footman, even if the task then required action by someone else.
If the household had young children, there was usually a nanny. The Nanny was the senior childcare servant and might have nursery maids to help her — the more children, the more nursery maids. Nursery maids did the tedious bits of childcare — from changing nappies, to being the one up at all hours of the night, to providing entertainment for teething children.
They took children out for walks in the park note, early baby carriages barely existed yet, so often they carried the children , and amused the children.
They also had to deal with washing all of those nappies…. A Governess was employed to teach younger children — usually girls, but sometimes also very young boys. A Governess was an odd position, hallway between a normal servant, and a gently born lady. Often, women of the upper classes, whose families had fallen on hard times, would take employment as a governess. It was regarded as one of the only acceptable roles for a well born lady, if she had to work.
The governess taught young girls manners, ladylike skills painting, music, singing, dancing, languages and more and prepared them for their role in society. A Companion was employed to keep an older woman, or a single woman, company — this provided a layer of propriety, as well as giving an older widow for example someone to talk to, in their daily life. Companions, like governesses, were in that grey area between servant and the nobly born.
They were often from good families fallen on hard times, or they were distant cousins from the poor side of the family. A Tutor was employed to teach boys, before they reached the age where they were sent off to boarding schools.
The Tutor taught languages, maths, science and potentially other subjects which were regarded as suitable for boys. Like governesses, tutors might be of gentle birth, but from a poorer family, but they might also be from a commoner family, but be a man who had done well for himself and become learned.
They might live with the family, or come in each day to teach, and live elsewhere. Smaller houses belonging to the impoverished gentry would not have had all these servants. They might simply have a maid-of-all work or two, or perhaps a manservant. In our modern-day living, we often wish for servants to do our work, but remember, we have mechanical servants in the forms of washers, dryers, dishwasters, microwave ovens, and so forth.
Feeling like gentry, yet? I am in the purpose of writing a story about a rich victorian family in The father is a rich factory owner.
They live in a villa at the edge of their village. There servants are: Butler. Scullery maid or should she be a between maid in this size house?
There is also a footman and a governess. Is this the right amount of servants for this size home? If you could let me know that would be great. Oh there is also a hallboy or should he be a kitchen boy in this size family. Its a widowed father with two children and his cousin whom he has become guardian too. Do they want a maid or footman standing every few feet seeing to their every need, or do they want a few servants they can summon who will come within a couple of minutes?
You might also consider a parlor maid in addition to a housemaid or two. If the family has a lot of horses, they might have more than one stable boy or stable lad. The coachman may or may not also be a groom. Really, so much depends on the family that you can do pretty much anything. Does that help? Thank you so much. Also one more question. I know one of the lower servants usually took care of the butler or housekeepers rooms. But how about the coachman? I know he was an upper servant. He can also be sometimes used as a chauffeur.
In older houses where the butler is the most senior worker, titles such as majordomo, butler administrator, house manager, manservant, staff manager, chief of staff, staff captain, estate manager and head of household staff are sometimes given. The precise duties of the employee will vary to some extent in line with the title given, but perhaps, more importantly in line with the requirements of the individual employer. In the grandest homes or when the employer owns more than one residence, there is sometimes an estate manager of higher rank than the butler.
The butler also served drinks or post to the people of the house. The butler can also be served by a head footman or footboy called the under-butler. A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker.
The key difference between butler and valet lies in their duties and responsibilities. A butler is the chief manservant of a house and supervises other servants whereas a valet is a personal male attendant of a man responsible for his clothes and appearance.
The above-mentioned is the traditional difference between butler and valet. However, it is also important to note that there are variations in the responsibilities of butlers and valets in modern households. A butler is traditionally the chief manservant of a large household.
He is in charge of all other servants in the house. Butlers are usually male and are in charge of male servants. They are usually in charge of the dining room, pantry and wine cellar.
Traditionally, butler was the most experienced worker in the household.
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