William Walsh and his wife were part of the city's wealthy aristocracy.

The strain had split the population into factions: Lindsay's Preservationists against the power of the Radical Old, rebellious plebes against the wealthy aristocracy.

However, despite Pompey's growing unpopularity with the wealthy aristocracy, his popularity with the common people was at its peak.

This expectation, they said, stems from centuries of Russian history when a powerful, wealthy aristocracy - capitalist and communist - ruled over the vast majority of ordinary Russians.

Here "sweetness and light" implied that taste and beauty need not be restricted only to the wealthy aristocracy but could benefit all classes of society.

Anna Savage warned that if further bloody riots were encouraged by the Tsar's government, "the wealthy Russian aristocracy will be in danger of their lives."

The Old Casino de Ponce stands as a reminder of the wealthy aristocracy of southern Puerto Rico in the late 19th and early 20th century.

By the end of the 19th century, however, caviar had become a costly status symbol, associated in the European mind with the wealthy Russian aristocracy.

The aristocracy of these regions controlled commerce and became wealthy through the new world economy, leading to their rise in power above the government.

From the Middle Ages through the Renaissance painters worked for the church and a wealthy aristocracy.