Rothery, M. (2007) The wealth of the English landed gentry, 1870-1935. Agricultural History Review. 55(2), pp. 251-268. 0002-1490.
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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
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, M.
Publisher:
British Agricultural History Society
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
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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