Collections on Burke's Peerage and Gentry

England & Wales, 19th Edition

Burke's Landed Gentry is the fruit of nearly two centuries of hard work by the Burke family, and others since, in building an unparalleled collection of books of genealogical and heraldic interest. This detailed listing of key families and other influential figures in these British islands was first published in 1826. Burke's Landed Gentry is an invaluable historical record for those appearing within it, their wider families, and genealogical researchers worldwide.

The records in Burke's Landed Gentry are diverse in origin and subsequently emphasize this variety adding to their interest and colour. The common thread running through this vast and complex collection is the inclusion within each entry of one or more significant people who have played an important role in making Britain great, by helping to develop the country's industry and commerce, by administering possessions overseas, by contributing to cultural life and thought, or by simply doing their duty as landowners. As such, they all contribute to Britain’s unique history. The traditional landed families are joined in this 19th Edition by senior members of the contemporary establishment, many of whom by virtue of 20th Century values and drivers have attained high office without any necessary benefit of land or title.

This 19th Edition in printed form, is also the first ever to appear in Regional Volumes, not to preclude access to the complete reference work for which Burke's Landed Gentry is justly famous but to honour the diversity of the Regions in these British islands and in doing so reflect some very real emotions and aspirations held by many in society today.