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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]]''}}
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]] [[
* Several characters in ''[[Sorcery and Cecelia]]'' by [[Patricia C. Wrede]] and [[Caroline Stevermer]].
* From ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'':
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