Tag: Welsh county gentry
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Arthur Charles Humphreys-Owen (1836–1905): A Liberal Landowner in a Changing Wales
In the political and civic history of Montgomeryshire during the late nineteenth century, Arthur Charles Humphreys‑Owen stands as a representative figure of a transitional generation. Born into the professional middle ranks of Victorian society but elevated through inheritance into the ranks of the county gentry, Humphreys-Owen embodied the gradual adaptation of the traditional landowning class…
