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{{quote|''"Can a magician kill a man by magic?" Lord Wellington asked Strange.

''Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might," he admitted, "but a gentleman never could."''~~|''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]''}}~~

''Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might," he admitted, "but a gentleman never could."''

|''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]''}}

A staple in [[Gaslamp Fantasy]] and [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]s 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.

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* Both the eponymous characters in ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]''.

* 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]] [[~~Film/Howls~~ Moving Castle|movie adaptation]].

** Howl from [[Diana Wynne Jones]]'s ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' and its [[Hayao Miyazaki]] [[Howl's Moving Castle (anime)|movie adaptation]].

* Several characters in ''[[Sorcery and Cecelia]]'' by [[Patricia C. Wrede]] and [[Caroline Stevermer]].

* From ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'':