The surnames are first
On
this page we can see the first part of the list of those people who wanted
themselves listed separately.
The gentry were people who did not do a job to earn a living, but were usually landowners earning money by letting their property to tenants and charging a rent. They certainly thought of themselves as being superior to those "in trade" or who worked for them. It is from these families that the Justices of the Peace, and the High Sheriff were chosen. These were the men who ran the official life of the county.
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Throughout
the Victorian period the artists of PUNCH
magazine liked to make fun of people who they thought
deserved it. Here are two rather snooty ladies from this class
from around 1840
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