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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
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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== 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]] [[Film/Howls Moving Castle|movie adaptation]].
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