19th Edition Volume II
Editor in Chief: Charles Mosley
ISBN: 0-9711966-4-8
No of Pages: approx. 958
Year of Publication: 2005

To most people, regional identity is as important as the national kind. Burke's Landed Gentry, 19th Edition, Volume II, The Ridings of York covers the old Ridings of York and focuses on historic Yorkshire families and key contemporary people, born, living or working in the county. A successful blend which encompasses Yorkshire life today. At approximately 1,200 pages, this superbly crafted hardback book is cloth-bound, foil-blocked in gold and makes an ideal gift to enhance any home, library or boardroom. As a serious reference work, it is a useful and unique tool for historians, librarians, business people and anyone with Yorkshire connections.

Everyone has ancestors. Everyone potentially has descendants. Everyone is therefore not just the culmination of a family tradition but the possible founder of one.

Burke’s has traditionally featured living individuals selected for their ancestry. We are now adding people on their merits. But these merits are developments of the gifts such individuals were born with, hence derive from their ancestors. Moreover, they may be passed on to descendants.

Burke’s thus acts as a lynchpin. It does so by assembling in a single volume the Yorkshire families of Burke’s Landed Gentry with people in the rest of the Yorkshire community, including its friends and associates around the world.

Burke’s Landed Gentry 19th Edition, Vol. II will focus entirely on key figures and families in Yorkshire, both titled and untitled, including:

• Academics 
• The Arts
• Business People 
• Local Government
• The Media 
• Politicians
• Professional People 
• Religious Leaders
• The Services 
• Sports Personalities