February 21, 2015 11:12PM | Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 705 |
Little Nell Wrote:
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> EG. If Colonel Fitzwilliam married a woman who had
> inherited a fortune made in trade, would he or his
> offspring be below the Bennets in status?
>
> I am open to answers on this as I am no expert.
Not claiming to be an expert, but the children and wife take the father's status. So, both Caroline and her kids with Col. F would be higher status, because of the connection of the colonel's father (the earl), than the untitled albeit gentle Bennets.
Status came from the father. That was the whole point of marrying well for women. Men also sought women whose connections would be valuable and prestigious, and who might bring money into the match to boot. But marrying well was more important to a woman than to a man. Even Wickham was not seeking Georgiana for her elusively higher-than-his rank but for her hard cold moola.
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