Gentry - people of high social class, in particular of the land-owning social class

"Gentry is a largely historical term for the European social class of people who were "well-born, genteel and well-bred". In its widest sense, it refers to people of good social position, from families of long descent, and connected to landed estates or the upper levels of the clergy. The gentry largely consisted of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate; some were gentleman farmers. - Wikipedia"