<P> Landed gentry or gentry is a largely historical British social class consisting in theory of landowners who could live entirely from rental income , or at least had a country estate . It was distinct from , and socially `` below '' , the aristocracy or peerage , although in fact some of the landed gentry were wealthier than some peers , and many gentry were related to peers . They often worked as administrators of their own lands , while others became public , political , religious , and armed forces figures . The decline of this privileged class largely stemmed from the 1870s agricultural depression ; however , there are still a large number of hereditary gentry in the UK to this day , many of whom transferred their landlord style management skills after the agricultural depression into the business of land agency , the act of buying and selling land . </P>
<P> Landed gentry or gentry is a largely historical British social class consisting in theory of landowners who could live entirely from rental income , or at least had a country estate . It was distinct from , and socially `` below '' , the aristocracy or peerage , although in fact some of the landed gentry were wealthier than some peers , and many gentry were related to peers . They often worked as administrators of their own lands , while others became public , political , religious , and armed forces figures . The decline of this privileged class largely stemmed from the 1870s agricultural depression ; however , there are still a large number of hereditary gentry in the UK to this day , many of whom transferred their landlord style management skills after the agricultural depression into the business of land agency , the act of buying and selling land . </P>
traditionally a person of low status who worked on the land
traditionally a person of low status who worked on the land
Landed gentry
Landed gentry