DCHP-3

half gentry

Fur Trade, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Hudson's Bay Company officials intermediate in position between engagés and commissioned gentlemen.

Quotations

1820
There are a number of half Gentry of lesser note.
1821
. . . the Half Gentry (a useful class of people if kept at a respectable distance) are however not in such a state of discipline as could be wished. . . .