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The landed gentry, or the gentry (sometimes collectively known as the squirearchy), is a largely historical British social class of landowners who could live entirely ...
Burke's Landed Gentry (Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, 1921) Charles Kidd (Ed.), Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2015 (149th Edition, Debrett's Ltd, London, 2014) Joel Stevens, Symbola heroica: or the mottoes of the nobility and baronets of Great-Britain and Ireland; placed alphabetically (1736)
Burke's Landed Gentry (originally titled Burke's Commoners) is a reference work listing families in Great Britain and Ireland who have owned rural estates of some size. The work has been in existence from the first half of the 19th century, and was founded by John Burke .
The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry.The nobility of its four constituent home nations has played a major role in shaping the history of the country, although the hereditary peerage now retain only the rights to stand for election to the House of Lords, dining rights there, position in the formal order of precedence, the right to certain titles, and the right ...
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank but Uninvested with Heritable Honours, 4 volumes (1833–1838) (subsequently published as Burke's Landed Gentry): Vol.1, London, 1836 (archive.org) Vol.2, London, 1835. Vol.2, ("Small Paper Edition"), London, 1837
Middle and smaller landed szlachta was called ziemiaństwo/ziemianie (from the word ziemia, land), usually translated as landed gentry. In some places, e.g., in Low Countries before Spanish rule, urban nobility with landed estates was distinct from landed nobility. [2] In general, relations between landed nobility and towns was very complex in ...
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William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington (born 1969), High Sheriff of Derbyshire (2019–2020). [9] Grandson of 11th Duke (his father the 12th Duke has not been elected representative peer). Alastair Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale (born 1958), Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire (2003) [10] Son-in-law of 10th Duke.