Lethbridge's book is full of such historical morsels that give immediacy to the social world of servants.
Others from the original London punk cohort of the Clash have become social workers, civil servants, artists.
Although clearly in the tradition of Upstairs, Downstairs, which cut between the different parts of the house, Downton Abbey is most notable for collapsing the stately mansion into a sort of social bungalow, with servants and served in the same shots.
In this belief, they have launched waves of attacks against teachers, doctors, nurses, policemen and women, soldiers, social workers, civil servants, local councillors, firefighters, broadcasters and transport workers – all of whom they openly scorn for the mortal sin of not being financiers or entrepreneurs.
Today, DFF has 13 rotating cast members who, when they're not smashing the patriarchy, work as comedians, writers, social workers, public servants and designers.
My favourites are, "World-class education: social standing, indentured servant", and, "We are the new barbarians, occupying our Rome".
He also continued to produce books, including a memoir about his time as a social worker, Paid Servant (1962), and another about his time in South Africa, Honorary White (1975).
He added, employing a phrase that was widely discussed in the Iranian media and social networks, "Your servant believes in what was coined years ago: 'heroic flexibility.' Flexibility is necessary on certain occasions.
"The developers, unlike me, are not in the business of being public servants or social workers or do-gooders," he said.
It shows the inner workings of lobbying firms like Bell Pottinger who use former politicians to get access to their old colleagues – often at unrecorded "social events" without civil servants present – to push their clients' agenda.
