Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The purpose of these data is to study the social origins and residual economic worth of elite individuals in British society, 1880-1970.

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Variables Sex, date of birth, elite category (e.g. Cabinet Ministers, peerage, landowners, millionaires, company chairmen), inherited title, highest created title, Government of first peerage creation, membership of Governments, primary and secondary occupations, place of secondary and higher education, religion, party afiliation, highest level of political participation, probate and land valuation, kinship with other wealth holders/other elites. Father: elite category, title, social class, occupation, probate and land valuation, date of death. Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

No sampling (total universe)

Compilation or synthesis of existing material