One of my ancestors was in the employment of Queen Victoria. It was in the days when palaces were slightly less clean than they are today and there was infestation of rats, mice and bed bugs and people were employed by Royal appointment to get rid of these pests. These jobs were advertised throught the realm and my ancestor applied for the bed bug post. According to family history, he had been working for the Duke of Northumberland doing the same sort of thing and so he was appointed Royal Bugger to the Queen.
At the interview he beat many candidates from all over England, there were big buggers and little buggers, fat buggers and thin buggers, hairy buggers and bald buggers. There were buggers from Leeds, Liverpool, London, Birmingham and even a couple of old buggers from France, but he got the job because he was known as the best old bugger in Newcastle.
He did such a good job that he was knighted and became Sir Bill Sables, but soon there were no bugs left in the palace and so he got the sack. He will, however, go down in history as the best bugger to hold the appointment.
Bill (Another old bugger)