The surnames are first.
Here is the rest of the list of gentry
for the Montgomery area from Slater's Directory
of 1858.
Some of those listed would have been local clergymen getting by on under
£1000 per year, while others like the Earl
of Powis and John Winder Lyon Winder of Vaynor Park
were the owners of large estates.
The Earl
of Powis appears under different areas in the directory
as he owned several properties. He is listed here as the owner of the
large timbered hall at Lymore Park.
This fine old building has since been demolished.
The Earl has 'Right Honble' [Right
Honourable] after his name. Only members of the Queen's own group
of advisors the
Privy Council were known by this title. This shows what an
important man the Earl was at this time.
