Lots of butlers inherited wealth from their employees My friend had a hundred thousand bought his first flat in London with it.
His employer would come down for breakfast every morning Stark naked with the Robin Hood hat on with the feather sticking out. Left them 100,000 and that was in the early '90s. He only worked for him a few months.
For those don't know I'm talking about the late Queen's Head Footman that was caught cottaging in Oxford circus.
He went on to be a butler with his first job he worked for 3 months and the employer died and he inherited £100,000 from the estate. Moral of the story getting caught for cottaging in Oxford circus is probably one of the best things that happened to his career.