W
.
J
.
Cavendish
-
Scott
-
Bentinck
,
the
fifth
Duke
of
Portland
,
was
a
very
wealthy
and
very
odd
Englishman
.
He
was
born
in
1800
and
lived
to
be
nearly
80
years
old
.
The
Duke
was
a
successful
businessman
with
lots
of
money
and
an
amazing
home
,
but
he
was
not
an
average
aristocrat
.
The
first
unusual
thing
about
him
was
his
choice
of
clothes
.
.
He
also
liked
wearing
wigs
,
and
pieces
of
material
tied
around
his
ankles
(
nobody
knows
why
!
)
.
Another
unusual
thing
about
him
was
his
incredible
shyness
.
He
lived
in
a
huge
house
called
Welbeck
Abbey
,
but
spent
most
of
his
time
in
just
one
or
two
of
the
rooms
.
He
had
many
servants
,
but
he
was
too
shy
to
talk
to
them
.
.
If
servants
did
meet
him
anywhere
in
the
house
or
garden
,
they
had
to
stand
completely
still
,
say
nothing
,
and
look
down
at
the
ground
until
he
was
gone
.
Inside
Welbeck
Abbey
,
there
was
a
mini
-
railway
and
,
to
avoid
any
face
-
to
-
face
contact
,
the
servants
from
the
kitchen
used
to
send
meals
to
his
room
on
the
mini
-
train
.
As
well
as
this
unusual
form
of
transport
,
there
were
many
other
amazing
things
in
the
Duke's
house
.
.
Also
underground
,
he
built
many
tunnels
and
used
them
to
move
around
his
giant
house
and
garden
without
seeing
anyone
.
One
of
the
tunnels
went
all
the
way
from
Welbeck
Abbey
to
the
nearby
town
of
Worksop
-
almost
3
km
away
!
Welbeck
Abbey
wasn't
the
Duke's
only
home
.
.
He
didn't
build
this
one
though
;
the
Duke's
grandfather
won
it
in
a
game
of
cards
!
In
total
,
nearly
1
,
500
people
worked
for
W
.
J
.
Cavendish
-
Scott
-
Bentinck
.
Sometimes
he
was
a
moody
and
unusual
boss
,
but
at
other
times
he
was
very
kind
.
.
He
also
built
a
boating
lake
,
an
area
for
ice
-
skating
and
a
horse
-
riding
school
for
his
servants
to
use
.
The
horse
-
riding
school
had
a
glass
roof
over
100
metres
long
!