But it seems, by today's standards, the criteria to be deemed a gentleman is somewhat more complicated. According to Country Life, the achievements a modern gentleman should have accomplished include having had a child - or a former flame's dog - named after to you, buying a barrel of Burgundy and ploughing a field with your own tractor. Today's gentleman must have written a letter or speech that has moved someone to tears, have had a bespoke suit made on Savile Row and sheared a sheep and helped to deliver a lamb, calf or foal. Other suggestions made in the magazine's annual supplement Gentleman's Life include collecting a library that requires a ladder, buying a one-way ticket to an exotic destination and owning smoking slippers. They must have been married at least once, have demolished something substantial with a JCB or explosives and be able to design jewellery.

Source: Daily Mail November 06, 2019 01:52 UTC