English surnames, from an ethnological point of view / by Dr Beddoe.

  • John Beddoe
Date:
1882
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    - English Surnames, from an Ethnological point of view. By Dr. Beddoe, F.R.S. While following up the subject of the decay of the old Germanic (Reihengraber) type in the German land, I conceived the idea that some indirect light might he thrown upon it by an examination of the admixture of races and classes in England, as shown by the existing surnames. I therefore examined, in a cursory way, and trusting to my own very moderate knowledge of English surnames, the several lists and documents, an analysis of which is appended to this paper. The headings of the tables are as follows :—1st, The Peerage of England; 2nd, the Baronets of England; 3rd, the list of county magistrates for Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and part of North Somerset; 4th, those Members of Parliament who sit for English seats; 5th, the Fellows of the Royal Society; 6th, the Fellows of the R. College of Physicians (these two may repre¬ sent the elite of certain scientific and professional classes); 7th, the members of the University Club, London, as a sample of the upper middle class of England, and chiefly of the metropolis; 8th, the mayors of all the English and Welsh corporations, for two years, deducting re-elected mayors, with the addition of the 26 aldermen of London—these make up exactly 500, and repre¬ sent chiefly the higher commercial class ; 9th, the ILC.B.’s and K.C.M.G/s; 10th, the Q.C.’s and Sergeants-at-Law ; 11th, the subscribers to a Yorkshire book, chiefly from the West Riding. I have also a series of lists from Bristol. The subscribers to a
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