Victorians owned swearing parrots. Because if you’re an aristocrat, what’s the point in paying staff fair wages when you can have a bird in the corner being a gobshite? It was just one of the many eccentricities of Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey… One of the wealthiest men in Britain, owner of Plas Newydd, and black sleep and heir to one of Wales’ most powerful aristocratic families. And clearly one top spender #history #nationaltrust