18 JULY 1863, Page 1
THE GREAT GOVERNING FAMILIES OF ENGLAND.—New FRATTIRE.—A feature of some
interest will appear in the SrEcTxxon, and be continued, either weekly or at short intervals, giving an Account of the Great Governing Families of England in Relation to their Influence on Political Affairs. The introductory one of the Series was issued last week, accompanied by a Map of Great Britain, showing, County by -County, the great Landed Proprietors therein residing, or owning large blocks of territory, forming an Index, as it were, to the modern history of property and politics in -the Is!and. The account of the Percies of Northumberland appears To-day. Office,1 Wellington street, Strand; and by order of all Booksellers and News-agents in town and -country.
