L8 - Upper class Flashcards

(23 cards)

1
Q

What is the london season

A

hosted parties and events for rich people

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2
Q

What happened in Queen Charlottes ball

Who hosted it

A

raise money for a new maternity hospital - for fee payers

King George 3rd

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3
Q

Who invited girls through there family to be escortes

what book did he write

what did they raise money for

A

Peter townend

little black book

charity such as NAACP

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4
Q

How much land did the top 0.6% own

A

98.5%

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5
Q

What type of wealth was still important

A

inherrited

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6
Q

Whats a Debutante ball

What did it encourage

A

Aristocrats daughter shown off at the start of the season

rich family marriage

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7
Q

What 3 events may be seen at the London season

A

Royal Ascot
The Chelsea Flower Show
Wimbledon

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8
Q

How much land was sold off by the rich between 1918 and 1920

A

1/4

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9
Q

Did rich people fight in war

what % of eatons died in war

what % of peers died in war (lords)

A

Yes

20.7%

19%

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10
Q

What were tax rises in 1914 - 1925 for over £2500 made a year

A

2% to 57%

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11
Q

When were death duties ( inheritance tax) raised (3)

A

1929
1946
1949

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12
Q

When were death duties (inheritance tax) lowered

A

1979

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13
Q

How much did money over 2 million get taxed through death duties

A

over 40%

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14
Q

What was Burke’s landed Gentry

A

book published every year with the owners of most land

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15
Q

How much of the gentry lost all there land by 1937

by 1951

A

1/3

1/2

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16
Q

How did gentry save land

17
Q

What was MP amount in the gentry in 1910 and 1945

18
Q

When was the parliament act

what did it do

A

1911

house of lords can only block a law 3 times

19
Q

When was hereditary peers replaced

20
Q

What happened in 1958

A

hereditary peers replaced

21
Q

Who did rich start giving there land to

A

National trust

22
Q

What was The National Trust deal

A

open house for 60 days a year - you could live for 2 generations rent free

23
Q

Whats a hereditory peer

A

fathers position going to sons