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{{trope}}
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''Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might," he admitted, "but a gentleman never could."''
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A staple in [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] and [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture
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▲Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might," he admitted, "but a gentleman never could."''|''[[Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell]]''}}
▲A staple in [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] and [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Fantasy Counterpart Cultures]] with a Victorian-esque society, is the [[Gentleman Wizard]]. He is, essentially, an aristocratic [[Blue Blood]] who also happens to be some sort of magician, alchemist, wizard or what have you.
If his magic is something which is passed down through blood, then it's possible he's part of a [[The Magocracy|Magocracy]], but he's definitely part of a [[Magical Society]], probably with some interesting name that alludes to hermeticism or [[Greek Mythology]].
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This was the original persona of stage magicians when they first appeared in that era. They have since relaxed as the rest of society has, and now a magician in a suit is seen as old hat.
If he is British, he is most likely a [[Quintessential British Gentleman]]; if American, he might be a [[Southern Gentleman]]. Compare [[Gentleman and a Scholar]] for the science equivalent (the two might [[Magic Versus Science|dislike each other deeply]], but [[Politeness Judo|you'd never be able to tell]]).
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== Advertising ==
* The guy wearing the bowler hat with the huge umbrella from the Travellers Insurance commercials a few years ago. Dignified, prim and proper, helping people out using his magic as he comes across them.▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Negi Springfield, though quite a young one.
* England from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has used magic in the series a couple of times. He's also shown interacting with magical creatures.
* Most of the original alchemists in ''[[Baccano!]]'' appear to be something like this, except for not being aristocrats, especially Szilard and Maiza.
* In ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', we have Clow Reed and {{spoiler|his reincarnation}} Eriol.
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▲* The guy wearing the bowler hat with the huge umbrella from the Travellers Insurance commercials a few years ago. Dignified, prim and proper, helping people out using his magic as he comes across them.
▲* Roderick Burgess in ''[[The Sandman (Comic Book)|The Sandman]]''.
* [[Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things|Courtney Crumrin's]] uncle Aloysius.
* [[Mandrake the Magician]] may have been a [[Trope Codifier]], as he was quite the gentleman and quite the mage.▼
* In the style of Mandrake, there's also Zatara, from [[DC Comics]] (best known now as the father of [[Zatanna]]).
* [[Doctor Strange]], overlapping with [[Gentleman and a Scholar]] (since his power is based on his knowledge) and [[Cultured Badass]].
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== Literature ==
* Most of the magic-users in Mercedes Lackey's ''[[Elemental Masters]]'' series are this.
* Both the eponymous characters in ''[[Jonathan Strange
* The Chrestomanci are indisputably this in [[Diana Wynne Jones]]'s [[Chrestomanci]] series. Most wizards or magicians in her books follow this pattern.
** Howl from [[Diana Wynne Jones]]'s ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' and its [[Hayao Miyazaki]] [[
* Several characters in ''[[Sorcery and Cecelia]]'' by [[Patricia C. Wrede]] and [[Caroline Stevermer]].
* From ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'':
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* Dean Henry Fogg of ''[[The Magicians]]'' makes a deliberate effort to come across this way. One character notes that his speech is so proper, it's almost as though he regretted not having a British accent.
* DCI Nightingale from the ''[[Rivers of London]]'' series, he even has the silver tipped walking stick. And was born in [[Immortality|19th Century too]].
* In the [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] ''Magician's Ward'' by [[Patricia C. Wrede]], the protagonist is a young (female) magician who grew up on the mean streets, but has now been adopted by a
* Lord William Beauclerk in the book ''[[Bitter Seeds]]'' is this trope to a T -- at least {{spoiler|at first}}.
* Several minor characters (including a couple of victims) in the ''[[Lord Darcy]]'' series. Recurring character Lord John Quetzal is an interesting case, as he's a nobleman and a gentleman, but he's from the colonies (Mexico, in our version of reality), which gives him some unusual quirks.
* The Wizard in the [[Land of Oz]] series is like this, though in both film and books it's obviously an assumed persona for an old carnival ham.
* Averted with Uncle Andrew from ''[[The
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* Wizard Chandler aka "Steed" from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' goes to some trouble to appear like one of these. Readers haven't seen enough of him to judge for certain.
** The Merlin of the White Council is also one.
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* Felix Harrowgate and other wizards in ''[[Doctrine of Labyrinths]]''.
== [[Live
* Giles could be said to borderline this on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. He's a total British gentleman when you don't make him mad, uses magic although it isn't innate with him, and does used borrowed magic in season 6 to try and stop Willow.
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▲* [[Mandrake the Magician]] may have been a [[Trope Codifier]], as he was quite the gentleman and quite the mage.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Castle Falkenstein]]'': Morrolon definitely counts; indeed, most male sorcerers in this setting do. Most female sorcerers manage to be the [[Distaff Counterpart|Lady Wizard]] instead.
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* John Wellington Wells, of J. W. Wells & Co a family firm, from [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''The Sorcerer''
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[[Category:Always Male]]
[[Category:An Index of Ladies and Gentlemen]]
[[Category:Wizards and Witches]]
▲[[Category:Gentleman Wizard]]
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