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Jane Austen's parents, George (1731–1805), an Anglican rector, and his wife Cassandra (1739–1827), were members of the landed gentry. [1] George was descended from wool manufacturers who had risen to the lower ranks of the gentry, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Cassandra was a member of the Leigh family of Adlestrop and Longborough , with connections to ...
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.
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)
In each episode, presenter Stacey Dooley stays for 72 hours at the house of an unusual family. [2] The first series was shown in 2019 and the second in 2021. [1] [2] In 2023, the series began following families in America, with an initial three-part run.
The Bankes family were prominent landed gentry in Dorset, England, for over 400 years.They owned large portions of land throughout Dorset and made significant contributions to the political history and development of the country.
The Washington family is an American family of English origins that was part of both the British landed gentry and the American gentry.It was prominent in colonial America and rose to great economic and political eminence especially in the Colony of Virginia as part of the planter class, owning several highly valued plantations, mostly making their money in tobacco farming.
Two months after Troy Gentry tragically died in a helicopter accident, Angie Gentry accompanied their daughter, Kaylee, to the 2017 CMA Awards.
Francis Fulford is the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Edgar Anthony Fulford and Joan Shirley, younger daughter of Rear-Admiral C. Maurice Blackman, DSO. [3] He is a great-great-grandson of Francis Fulford (1803–1868), Bishop of Montreal.