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The landed gentry, or the gentry (sometimes collectively known as the squirearchy), is a largely historical Irish and British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate.
It is known colloquially as Burke's Landed Gentry. Burke was also the author of: The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Females, including Beauties of the Courts of George IV and William IV, 2 vols. 1833 [6] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England; 1838 (re-issued 1841 and 1844)
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 .
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)
The van Straubenzee family are landed gentry, of Spennithorne, North Yorkshire. Their ancestor Colonel Turner van Straubenzee JP DL bought the estate in 1788. Charlie’s eldest brother is Thomas van Straubenzee. In 2002 his elder brother, Henry, was killed in a car accident. [1] The funeral was attended by members of the British royal family.
Mr. and Mrs Bennet by Hugh Thomson, 1894. Mr Bennet, the patriarch of the Bennet family, is a landed gentleman.He is married to Mrs Bennet, the daughter of a Meryton attorney, the late Mr Gardiner Sr. [8] Together they have five daughters: Jane, Elizabeth ("Lizzy"), Mary, Catherine ("Kitty"), and Lydia.
Thomasina Jean Miers was born in February 1976 in Cheltenham, [1] the daughter of (Michael) Probyn Miers, a joiner and furniture maker, [2] formerly a management consultant [3] [4] and Niki Miers, of Guiting Power, Cheltenham.
Flynn re-united with his wife later that year, [250] and de Havilland never acted on her feelings for Flynn. [246] Note 14 ] In July 1938, de Havilland began dating business tycoon, aviator, and filmmaker Howard Hughes , [ 251 ] who had just completed his record-setting flight around the world in 91 hours. [ 13 ]