With a POD (or multiple PODs) no earlier than 1850, what would be necessary for the British aristocracy to wield an equivalent proportion of the wealth and influence in 2014 Britain as they did in 1870 or so?
I might get shouted down for this but don't the aristocracy still have significant power in the UK?
Lets take the Duke of Wellington's descendent's as an example:
The current Duke of Wellington is a peer who lost his seat in the House of Lords in 1999. He still holds several Spanish titles alongside his British title and he's a multi millionaire and property owner.
His eldest son Charles Wellesley is the Marquess of Douro, an OBE and the heir to all of the family titles. He again is a multi-millionaire, attended Eton and then Oxford and was a Conservative MEP from 1979 to 1989. He is currently the director of Pernod Ricard the famous French drinks manufactorer.
Charles Wellesley is married to Princess Antonia of Prussia. She sits as a Conservative on Surrey county council.
Charles Wellesley's eldest son is an investment banker. He attended Eton then Oxford where he graduated with a first in PPE. He holds the title the Earl of Mornington. He sits on a huge number of boards and corporations I've linked the full list below. Hes married to Jemma Kidd, shes a model and make up artist. Shes also the great granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrooke.
I could go into more detail but the family also contains at least one currently serving military officer and a Conservative MP. All of them went to Eton and then Oxford and they're all multi millionaires.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=2702062&ticker=SAN:FP
That literally took 20 mins of digging and wikipedia. I'm pretty sure the aristocracy still has a fair amount of power today.
EDIT: One more thing David Cameron is technically aristocracy depending on how you look at it. Check out his wiki page, namely the family section.
I might get shouted down for this but don't the aristocracy still have significant power in the UK?
Lets take the Duke of Wellington's descendent's as an example:
The current Duke of Wellington is a peer who lost his seat in the House of Lords in 1999. He still holds several Spanish titles alongside his British title and he's a multi millionaire and property owner.
His eldest son Charles Wellesley is the Marquess of Douro, an OBE and the heir to all of the family titles. He again is a multi-millionaire, attended Eton and then Oxford and was a Conservative MEP from 1979 to 1989. He is currently the director of Pernod Ricard the famous French drinks manufactorer.
Charles Wellesley is married to Princess Antonia of Prussia. She sits as a Conservative on Surrey county council.
Charles Wellesley's eldest son is an investment banker. He attended Eton then Oxford where he graduated with a first in PPE. He holds the title the Earl of Mornington. He sits on a huge number of boards and corporations I've linked the full list below. Hes married to Jemma Kidd, shes a model and make up artist. Shes also the great granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrooke.
I could go into more detail but the family also contains at least one currently serving military officer and a Conservative MP. All of them went to Eton and then Oxford and they're all multi millionaires.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=2702062&ticker=SAN:FP
That literally took 20 mins of digging and wikipedia. I'm pretty sure the aristocracy still has a fair amount of power today.
EDIT: One more thing David Cameron is technically aristocracy depending on how you look at it. Check out his wiki page, namely the family section.
I might get shouted down for this but don't the aristocracy still have significant power in the UK?
Lets take the Duke of Wellington's descendent's as an example:
The current Duke of Wellington is a peer who lost his seat in the House of Lords in 1999. He still holds several Spanish titles alongside his British title and he's a multi millionaire and property owner.
His eldest son Charles Wellesley is the Marquess of Douro, an OBE and the heir to all of the family titles. He again is a multi-millionaire, attended Eton and then Oxford and was a Conservative MEP from 1979 to 1989. He is currently the director of Pernod Ricard the famous French drinks manufactorer.
Charles Wellesley is married to Princess Antonia of Prussia. She sits as a Conservative on Surrey county council.
Charles Wellesley's eldest son is an investment banker. He attended Eton then Oxford where he graduated with a first in PPE. He holds the title the Earl of Mornington. He sits on a huge number of boards and corporations I've linked the full list below. Hes married to Jemma Kidd, shes a model and make up artist. Shes also the great granddaughter of Lord Beaverbrooke.
I could go into more detail but the family also contains at least one currently serving military officer and a Conservative MP. All of them went to Eton and then Oxford and they're all multi millionaires.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=2702062&ticker=SAN:FP
That literally took 20 mins of digging and wikipedia. I'm pretty sure the aristocracy still has a fair amount of power today.
EDIT: One more thing David Cameron is technically aristocracy depending on how you look at it. Check out his wiki page, namely the family section.
Stop the reform act in 1832 somehow.