The Staggering Number of Staff Needed for This Stately Home

Chatsworth House, the historic home of the Cavendish family, is a vast estate that once spanned 35,000 acres. At one point, Chatsworth employed a staff of 40 people to maintain it - including two full-time window cleaners.
From the Series: Aerial Britain: Northern England

[@rebeccaenlow4900]

For a place that size, 40 staff doesn’t sound like too many!

[@markawilliams4829]

I thought that staggering meant hundreds, not just 40

[@karenwaters1926]

Plus 100 gardeners

[@shaquicedacosta]

@@karenwaters1926 I wonder if they were employed at one time on a regular basis or brought in during redesigning phases.

[@karenwaters1926]

@@shaquicedacosta I don't know. 35,000 acres is a lot.

[@TheLusianPopa]

yeah the largest NYC Gilded Age mansions had staffs around 30-40 and they were like 1/3 of Chatsworth ...

[@TinTeddyVideos]

Some relevant facts : The house was open to the public from the day it was built. The Chatsworth estate employs many more people on farms, shops etc. The house is owned by a trust now, it is a business and charity and brings in huge amounts of money to the area from tourism. The Cavendish family still live there.

[@user-wm8no6kz6s]

How does it work that a Trust owns it, but the original family still lives there?

[@-KillaWatt-]

I can't even keep dust off the shelf in my own house

[@GaelinW]

They couldn't either. That's what the staff was for.

[@condorboss3339]

My housekeeping motto is "If you write in the dust, please don't date it."

[@scouser2010ify]

I love that we still have such historic building in England we have so many stately homes and historic buildings it really is magical

[@michellemcgill9328]

I so envious

[@scouser2010ify]

@@michellemcgill9328 just move here lol everyone else seems too 😂

[@michellemcgill9328]

@@scouser2010ify I love being an American however, I’ve always been fascinated by English History. When things return to Normal I plan on taking a trip across the pond.

[@scouser2010ify]

@@michellemcgill9328 I won’t visit America I don’t want to get shot lol

[@scouser2010ify]

@@michellemcgill9328 or should I say shot again haha

[@garrettsmith182]

photographer: how many aerial shots you want? producer: .....Y E S

[@a11osaurus]

Well the series is called aerial Britain lol

[@micsierra806]

No doubt. Hope they used a drone. JP8 is expensive yo.

[@luvhart]

This must have been filmed during that scorching long hot summer of 2018...Chatsworths grounds are normally lush green all year round

[@guidedmeditation2396]

I was thinking the same thing. My memory of the gardens is they were incredibly healthy and green like a fantasy world.

[@CaptainTowll]

It could have been 2015, it's was incredibly hot and dry in Derbyshire that year too

[@danivarius]

Would also explain why none of the water features and the hillside cascades weren’t working; the hilltop reservoir must have been very low!

[@jeffaller481963]

Is Mr. & Mrs. Darcy in residence today ?

[@yay-cat]

the gardens and a large portion of the house is open to tourists - I went there in 2018 (I had a work exchange to the UK and tried to visit as many places as possible). I think the tourism makes a lot of revenue but I’m not even sure if they break even because the renovations the place has undergone are staggering! the art alone that is displayed made the trip worthwhile (everything from a Damien Hirst to many old master’s). My favourite was the long fountain steps (like man made rapids)....

[@johnbowen2956]

Your observations about the costs of renovations of these stately homes made me think of Evelyn Waugh's hilarious novel, "A Handful of Dust."

[@NelsonClick]

Chatsworth doesn't have the immediate intense glamor of other English estates but as you acclimatize to it's design you see how sophisticated it truly is. Inside and out. It is one of the greatest English country houses ever.

[@BimRen246]

The late Deborah Cavendish, former Duchess of Devonshire was one of the famous Mitford sisters. She and her late husband did a fantastic job maintaining Chatsworth.

[@cmarq817]

I saw a documentary about the sisters where she was interviewed. I didn’t know she died... 😞. She seemed so honest and lovely ...

[@TinTeddyVideos]

She was my heroine. A remarkable lady.

[@iixgraciexii6865]

I’ve visited this house so many times there’s a story that the persons daughter fell in the pond and is now haunted by the dad of the girl riding on his horse trying to find his daughter you can hear the screams

[@elviscobb5922]

😲🤤😨😢

[@gingerbaker4390]

I've heard the same story when I visited there.

[@danivarius]

I fell in one of the top pools on the hillside cascades when I was about... 8 or 9 I think. I’m now 48!! 😳🥴🙈🤣

[@vancegilmore5821]

Those screams are coming from the Illuminati sacrificial victims enduring the dark ceremonies that happen there.

[@DubbyDominate]

Been there 3 times I'd happily return it's beautiful there

[@asparadog]

Lovely place...I've visited many times.

[@Goodnewsglobal]

Kathleen Kennedy married Hartington on May 6, 1944, in a civil ceremony at the Caxton Hall Register Office. Kathleen's eldest brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., an officer in the United States Navy, to whom she had grown close during the last year of his life, as he was serving in Britain in the United States Army Air Forces during the war, was the only member of the family to attend the ceremony.

[@amnesiai]

32 million pound restoration holy shit

[@jeroddawkins5670]

We only had around 50 staff while I was growing up at Downton Abbey so 40 seems about right lol

[@laggaming127865]

You mean Highclere?

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

@@laggaming127865 well spotted.

[@ednamode2881]

I’ve been there it is extremely beautiful.

[@thathobbitlife]

Wow its so magical! I wish i could see how it feels to live that way 😍

[@citizenavatar]

Mistake in notes Derbyshire is the county NOT Devonshire , Devonshire is the Duke's title

[@Bbonno]

So the "Duke of Devonshire" can be found in Derbyshire? I'm sure there are reasons, but it's still bonkers 😜

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Live down the road from it, definitely visit the gardens in summer, the greenhouses are amazing.

[@sjones8738]

That is a beautiful place along with the grounds. It would take a staff of around 200 people to maintain it. I really like the place.

[@j.louisv.123]

What a freakin tease. You touched on just a hint of this beautiful place than boom, done. Not far !

[@jasmine2278]

That is incredible!

[@crazydougfam]

Wow, imagine if your job was window cleaning all day everyday!

[@numbereightyseven]

Plenty of people do that. Here, though, they clean the SAME windows every day.

[@GuantanamoBayBarbie2]

Imagine if you cleaned anything (and everything) all the time. I did that for 20 years. The last place I worked as a housekeeper was the 15,000 sq ft. home of the sister of a billionaire, on his big estate. That's when my knees gave out and I needed surgery. After that I changed careers and started doing switchboard for a big medical clinic. Much easier on my knees and degenerating spine.

[@svetu9411]

Burj Khalifa

[@grondhero]

No _pane_ no gain. Cleaning windows is such a _pane,_ but it's clearly something you can reflect upon. I can't see myself cleaning windows, but I can see me cleaning mirrors.

[@b.m.t.h.3961]

Beautiful house.

[@garethwigglesworth8187]

My family once thought of buying it in 1711 but could not afford it. True story.

[@kets4443]

it was for sale then?

[@daviejay5326]

Imagine the heating costs

[@benrichey2593]

I want to know more about that absolute unit of a tree at the end.

[@seeriktus]

probably an oak

[@User36282]

Me too, it was magnificent. Opening shot too.

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!

[@nadkassim]

Can't believe I've been here twice!!

[@lloydtxw]

Pride & Prejudice

[@ninavimtoqueen]

and Lyme Hall 😉

[@jerimalignaggi1297]

Wasn't that the house they showed as pemberley in pride and prejudice?

[@MsLul123]

He did own half of Darbyshire - the miserable half 😃

[@dirtbikerman1000]

I've been part of the team 6 times now who do the bonfire fireworks display at chatsworth One fireworks station is on a floating raft in the lake

[@crayolaclouds2696]

That's so cool, dude. I'm American and I didn't know ya'll did fireworks all insane like we do. I'd love to see it at that huge mansion one day

[@dirtbikerman1000]

@@crayolaclouds2696 yeah and its all electronically fired to music through the laptop. Check out 'fuse fireworks' on youtube

[@MrTrapper28]

And my mother lived in Fenstanton Manor House as a child, the once home of Capability Brown (CB). In fact it was the only home he owned! CB is buried in Fenstanton Churchyard.

[@tapsars7911]

An indoor staff of 40 does not sound all that much . What with regular evening entertainment and even more regular day guests , 50 servants would be more like it .

[@jackertl6416]

I would love to know more about the greenhouse

[@junkdna9093]

amazing ,

[@Dan-re7go]

I’ll take one. Thanks.

[@mukunimulundika5359]

That Kennedy curse is real my goodness.

[@TheEarthCreature]

If by "curse" you mean their ability to get themselves into the most crooked situations and then not get out alive... But I suppose it's all just a coincidence and we should believe in a curse instead.

[@donnied6151]

@@TheEarthCreature well mate look up Rosemary Kennedy, they turned her into a vegetable, she wasn't socially acceptable to them so a brain lobotomy, just look at JFKs assasination video when his brain goes splat and i am pretty sure another kennedy died of a brain tumor. I recon it started with Rosemary, perhaps she was destined to be a mother to a greater branch of the family but we will never know that now.

[@TheEarthCreature]

@@donnied6151 Yeah it's a seriously messed up bunch of people.

[@strongerasone2403]

No it's not a curse. No they are not a mafia. They just have some not nice and very jealous enemies.

[@BELIEVEhasNOPLACE-WhreTRUTHis]

*Man THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE ENTILIA HAVE 600+ STAFF FOR A FAMILY OF 4* NOW THAT'S THE STAGGERING AMOUNT 🤯😭

[@tonyclifton265]

the narrator repeatedly and correctly says "Derbyshire", which is indeed (paradoxically) the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, but the subtitles repeatedly confuse Derbyshire with Devonshire

[@joesmith6945]

And Derbyshire isn't in the north like the captions say at the beginning

[@barrysmith4674]

Yeah it is, I’m in Manchester and Derbyshire starts right next to it with Glossop, ok if you go right to the bottom of Derbyshire to Derby then maybe the midlands but the Peak District is certainly in the north..........it starts 24 miles from where I live in Eccles

[@sleepysiren9883]

Ok but where is Mr Darcy??!

[@LovePie33]

Mr darcy, where you at!?!

[@bambi9494]

Gosh this reminds me of Georgina will always remember you G.

[@Gizziiusa]

Cavendish Family ?!?! Whoa, I heard about this family. One brother has his other brother admitted into a senior citizen home that ended up abusing the people therein. I saw it on "Cloud Atlas".

[@ipsygypsy16]

And they really had a landscape designer named Capability. Wow.

[@immers2410]

That’s setting pretty high expectations

[@TinTeddyVideos]

His first name was Lancelot. He was just known as Capability.

[@abcdefghijk8925]

No cap 😅 An old timey name I heard and liked was Millicent "Milli" for short.

[@jacktheladstevens]

I know Chatsworth, the RHS have an annual flower show there. Not been but would like to :)

[@lizzymc1300]

Did anyone else think, Pemberly!✨

[@user-jq6tb6zi6l]

Hi, do you have any info on the Boughton family from “Boughton House”?

[@lascellesstewart5635]

Chatsworth House is actually in Derbyshire, not Devon.

[@Teverell]

I was just coming here to say that and saw you got there first! 😁🇬🇧

[@lascellesstewart5635]

Just by chance I saw this video. I am surprised by the Smithsonian researcher missing this fact. I guess they are not familiar with the notion that not all family seats are where you think they should be!

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Indeed. As the video mentioned, it's the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, whose title has nothing to do with the geographical location of their home. In fact, a lot of their estates are in Yorkshire, which is where they (or at least, the current Duke) normally live.

[@Teverell]

@@Kevin-mx1vi Watch it with captions on. At 0:26, it definitely says 'of the Devonshire countryside'. (I've been there, it's 100% in Derbyshire. Lovely place!)

[@johnmulligan7609]

@@Teverell I think that is in regard to 35k acreage estate. As Dukes of Devonshire,so Estate is Devonshire.

[@litamtondy]

"she died in a plane crash". Upbeat music, "It's brighter here!" Why do you always do this?

[@irawilliams343]

Gives a lot of Pride and Prejudice vibes

[@gcollz_]

Cause it was filmed there

[@CARIBLOVE]

Because it's Mr Darcy's house in the movie.

[@anazu.047]

Suddenly thought of Cavendish of Little Witch Acedemia..

[@WaGi-mr3vs]

I want this

[@Lucky14970]

Dear rich people, looks like you should stay away from planes.

[@kevingouldrup9265]

especially those in the music industry.

[@azuraziel]

What a downer of an ending

[@peterbradshaw8018]

True bling!

[@legalmexican]

I could live there.

[@ramdharisinghdinkar1069]

Could be used in films for Wayne Mansion

[@cjjuddaustralianartist]

Pffft... that's nuttin compared to my six people ex army tent with portaloo.

[@xBrabus76]

Looks like the house from the Gentlemen!

[@gwarlow]

What are the property taxes like?

[@mycah1993]

Is it situated in the myserable half of Derbyshire

[@Mataharisa]

Wow

[@mikelarrieta1]

I thought he would say 400 hundred!!

[@lilyandrose8557]

Perhaps a better title would have been "The Staggering Amount of Employment Provided By This Stately Home".

[@frequentlycynical642]

Income. Inequality. Come the revolution.....

[@kaiyugi]

What time?

[@a11osaurus]

Your jealous of some rich people, how sad

[@frequentlycynical642]

@@a11osaurus Not at all. I have no desire to be "rich." I AM rich in the things that really matter in life. Love, family, health. Things that often escape the wealthy. Studies have shown that once one is, let's call it, "very comfortable," there is no gain n happiness no matter how much more money they have, Nor do I dismiss those who earned great wealth by providing goods and services for us. Gates, Buffet, Musk, Bezos. Good for them. All of which has nothing to do with income inequality except those very wealthy avoid paying their share of taxes that would support the social infrastructure that has allowed them to thrive. I grew up when the USA had the least income inequality. CEO income to their average employee ratio was about 40:1. Now it's 400:1. Money stolen right out of the worker's wallets, even with greater productivity. My first job was minimum wage, $1.65/hr, I think. That's about $20/hr today. So, $15/hr isn't even catching up with 50 years of inflaction.

[@nduvhomukhavhuli280]

Well....that's a depressing ending😑

[@richiehewitt5261]

CHATSWORTH HOUSE is the most visited historic in the UK and the best

[@budd2nd]

I thought the most visited house here in the UK was Hampton Court? But does Hampton Court count as a “house”? Chatsworth is a great place to visit.

[@gianmarcorusso1713]

@@budd2nd Blenheim is actually the most visited stately home. And no, Hampton Court does not really count as that.

[@budd2nd]

@@gianmarcorusso1713 Yeah, I forgot Blenheim. I thought Hampton probably didn't, Hampton Court is a Palace, after all.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

@@budd2nd Blenheim is a palace, too.

[@budd2nd]

@@Austin8thGenTexan Is it a ROYAL palace then? Or just a palace in name only?

[@mohammedines6182]

Combien coûte ce magnifique château avec tout ces domaines fonciers ?👍🎩🎩❤️👑

[@michelecampanelli5419]

👍👍👍

[@laavanyapaarvathi1326]

👌

[@MadMax-qy8gg]

"Build it and we will take it" - Rome

[@melissapietrok8050]

Soo crazy and sad 😢

[@kathryncarter6143]

Bet that plane crash was no accident. Can you imagine how flipped out the crown would be if that woman lived & took all her inheritance to the US! That would frost a pretty load of crumpets!

[@laun4724]

Haha, she couldn't have inherited the state, her own husband died before becoming a Duke. It was his brother Andrew who inherit the title. However, without a son, a male relative would've taken the title and Chatsworth as residence. As a widow she would have been well looked after and allowed to live in a nearby property. There were many Americans in British aristocracy, even to this day. Nothing dark about it. 🙂

[@laun4724]

Also the Crown has nothing to do with this type of Dukedooms, they are not royals and very independent.

[@seriouslyreally5413]

Thats not possible. There are very strict laws of inheritance that go back hundreds of years that title and landed estates are passed on to male heirs not sisters, aunts or even widows. Primogeniture, or Entail meant the title of the land and all the fortunes were passed on to first born male heirs then second born male until a distant male cousin was found on a far off branch of a family tree. Women folk were given a trust as a dowery so that she might marry well if the heir was particularly generous but the bulk of the inheritance went to men. Many a young lady was turned out to the kindness of a poorer relation when she had no brothers and a distant cousin took over the family estates. Thats why so many Kings and Noblemen and everyday rich guys were so desperate for a male heir. While Henry VIII changed the law for Queen Elizabeth-I to become queen in order to preserve the line of succession for the Monarchy the rest of the country was still beholden to the Entail or Fee Tail laws. Kathleen Kennedy would have been given an allowance and the use of part of the Estates until her death but the title of Duke and his fortune would have ( and did) pass on to a brother of her husband.

[@kathryncarter6143]

@@seriouslyreally5413 well, ain't that just the cats pajamas. Thanks for the enlightenment.

[@jayh9529]

Checkout this movie ,things to come 1936

[@Snoozefor10minutes]

Built on blood money, such building always looks good for eyes

[@edwardheaney3641]

Cry more

[@Snoozefor10minutes]

@@edwardheaney3641 will see who will be crying after 10-20 years

[@xplicitmike]

It's a Duke's castle. They made their money by banking, lending land, etc. Idk about blood money, unless you're talking about the whole of England's nobility in general.

[@edwardheaney3641]

@@Snoozefor10minutes In the business, we call that a 'dogwhistle'

[@user-zj3vj1ju1z]

Its how much for the castle? Im in market for one for price range from 2 to 3.5 million Pounds.

[@trader398]

How do I apply to be the cleaner or kitchen helper or butler? And where do I stay.

[@GuantanamoBayBarbie2]

You stay where you live now. They don't want you, just your services. Nannies are the exception. Most wealthy hire servants through an employment agency tailored to meet those kinds of employment needs of the rich and famous. They prescreen all applicants. Got an arrest record? Forget about applying. Expect drug tests. That's my perspective as someone who was hired to work on a billionaire's estate, but that was in the U.S. not the U.K. Good luck.

[@jonathanbonapos1008]

More workers needed good to create a job

[@the_patriot7]

why the video is too short ??? next time put a long video

[@simonscowled9925]

Jobs for 40 people! Awesome

[@lailarosa1482]

POR FAVOR SUBTITULEN VUESTROS VIDEOS? GRACIAS

[@JohnCasteel1333]

"Staggering" was not the word at all I was thinking. Sounded exactly correct to me...I mean if you realize... 1. There is no electricity... 2. No gasoline... 3. No trucks/cars

[@valkeriejones3818]

Is every anime mansion based on this?

[@vishnugovind8347]

Fact: Mukesh Ambani's 'ANTILIA' in Mumbai has 600 staff members to maitain the house.

[@ziwer1]

it's india, he can pay each staff member $1 a year and there would still be many offers to do it for $0.5

[@ipsygypsy16]

On an average 100 $ a month. That's about decent wage for cleaning staff in Mumbai. Cooks get a little more, like about 120-130$.

[@AccountInactive]

Well this video told me next to nothing about the staff requires to maintain this property.

[@nekikins4936]

Did anyone else pause to go through the maze?

[@Macumber773]

maybe edit to end on a bright note?

[@gavinvelez1468]

So how many people does,it take? It was never answered

[@rebekahbridges-tervydis5054]

There’s a story that hasn’t been really looked Kathleen Kennedy and Chatworths.

[@Brock_Corb]

Right?

[@Brock_Corb]

That's an awful lot of money/power/connections between the 2 of them.

[@GaelinW]

They were only married 4 months before he was killed. How much do you imagine there is to look into?

[@Isaactorres60]

I mean, it’s a Kennedy, of course tragedy happens

[@RLS-bu4bj]

There is a book about their love affair, "The Kennedy Debutante"

[@Whiteboytripping]

I’d do doughnuts on that big lawn with my Camaro

[@GrrMeister]

*2021 500 Staff all on 80% Furlough*

[@rrzauli]

Was this house Thomas Hobbes' worplace?

[@alexhwang6505]

yes

[@onxiaftw]

Imagine your first name is Capability

[@larrisamg]

Mr. Darcy!!! 🥰

[@NASCARCUP22FAN]

I figured it would be like 200

[@GuantanamoBayBarbie2]

I've often wondered what kind of curse is on the Kennedy family, and who put it on them and why.

[@logoseven3365]

We are best at cursing ourselves

[@strongerasone2403]

It's not that difficult to figure it out. Just look at who benefits from it.

[@abcdefghijk8925]

Probably generational curse. Maybe someone dabbling in secret societies or occultism.

[@sifridbassoon]

and it's not just the gardeners....in the era before national social services, you (the local aristocrat) basically paid for everything that happened on your land. You paid for the upkeep of the parish church and the priest, you paid for the retirement of your nanny, you supported your wife's spinster sister, you paid the upkeep for your disgraced uncle who was living on the continent, you paid the games keepers, you paid upkeep on the local school and paid the teachers..... There is/was a great book (I don't remember the exact title, but I think it had something to do with Downton Abber) that had a breakdown of everything the local lord had to pay for.

[@brianjohnson9456]

What is it, a museum? It would have been nice to know it’s status now...🤔

[@austingomindes2419]

It’s a stately home. You can visit the grounds and walk around the house

[@tutekohe1361]

It also has a large working farm with over 6000 sheep, many deer and Cattle as well. It is a very popular place to visit, especially in summer. There is a great vibe about the place.

[@tamaracarter1836]

It’s still lived in by the family that built it during the late 1600s.