Rothery, M. (2007) The wealth of the English landed gentry, 1870-1935. Agricultural History Review. 55(2), pp. 251-268. 0002-1490.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Abstract: | This article explores changing levels of unsettled personal wealth amongst the landed gentry of Devon, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire during the period of the Agricultural Depression of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The main quantitative sources employed for this research are the National Probate Calendars. Despite problems with agricultural incomes and land values, overall levels of gentry wealth were sustained. This was a result of the diversification of wealth away from land and into other safer investments of a non-agricultural character. A final section shows how one Devon gentry family converted land into liquid investments at the end of the First World War |
| Subjects: |
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DA20 England H Social Sciences > HM Sociology > HM1001 Social psychology > HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure > HM1263 Elite H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD1401 Agriculture H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD101 Land use |
| Creators: | Rothery, Mark |
| Publisher: | British Agricultural History Society |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016) University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Page Range: | pp. 251-268 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Agricultural History Review |
| Volume: | 55 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0002-1490 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5446 |
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