10 discoverbritainmag.comENGLISH ECCENTRICSMad Dogs
& Englishmen
From dining with dogs to inventing musical toothbrushes, the English aristocracy’s
eccentricities know no bounds. Martha Alexander tells the stories of six of the strangestFrom left to right:
Ashridge House in
Hertfordshire; the 8th
Earl of Bridgewater,
who preferred to
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& Englishmen
From dining with dogs to inventing musical toothbrushes, the English aristocracy’s
eccentricities know no bounds. Martha Alexander tells the stories of six of the strangest
From left to right:
Ashridge House in
Hertfordshire; the 8th
Earl of Bridgewater,
who preferred to
dine with dogs