A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland for 1853
"This work comprises the genealogical history of that class in society which holds the next place to the privileged order - the untitled country gentlemen - a class, be it remembered, not one degree below the other, in antiquity of descent, personal accomplishment, and national usefulness; nay, the chiefs of the houses from which the nobility spring, are generally to be found in this division of the aristocracy, and for the simple reason, that the eldest son and heir being already provided for, the field of adventure belongs, almost exclusively, to the junior members of the family, who, thus forced upon the arena, achieve, by their prowess or their talents - the sword or the pen - fame, wealth and eminence."--Preface
Print Book, English, 1853
Published for Henry Colburn by his successors Hurst and Blackett, London, 1853