* Set-up: do "${dirroot}\programs\00_setup.do" * ============================================================================== * Footnote 26: "In this sample, 20 % of peers in the House of Lords had sons * seating in the House of Commons" * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ use "${dirdta}/Peers_biographies.dta", clear * drop sisters drop if refno==157408 encode fbio1, gen(nfam) duplicates drop nfam, force * father's date seated at Lords (i.e., earliest succession date to a peerage) * succeded gen succ = regexm(fbio2, "He succeeded") gen succ_info = substr(fbio2,strpos(fbio2,"He succeeded"),.) if succ==1 forvalues i=1/7{ gen possent`i' = strpos(succ_info,".`i'") if succ_info!="" replace possent`i' = . if possent`i'==0 } egen possent = rowmin(possent1 possent2 possent3 possent4 possent5 possent6 possent7) replace succ_info = substr(succ_info,1,possent) if succ==1 drop possent possent1 possent2 possent3 possent4 possent5 possent6 possent7 replace succ_info="He succeeded as the 4th Earl of Ailesbury, Buckinghamshire [G.B., 1776] on 6 January 1878." if refno==2952 replace succ_info="He succeeded as the 6th Baron Ashford, of Ashford, Kent [E., 1697] on 15 March 1851." if refno==4104 replace succ_info="He succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Camoys [E., 1383] on 27 August 1839." if refno==42658 replace succ_info = substr(succ_info,1,strpos(succ_info,", in his father's lifetime")) if succ==1 & regexm(succ_info,"in his father's lifetime")==1 gen succ_year = substr(succ_info,length(succ_info)-5,.) if succ==1 replace succ_year = substr(succ_year,1,5) if succ==1 replace succ_year = "" if succ_year=="arony" destring succ_year, replace * created gen crea = regexm(fbio2, "He was created") gen crea_info = substr(fbio2,strpos(fbio2,"He was created"),.) if crea==1 forvalues i=1/7{ gen possent`i' = strpos(crea_info,".`i'") if crea_info!="" replace possent`i' = . if possent`i'==0 } egen possent = rowmin(possent1 possent2 possent3 possent4 possent5 possent6 possent7) replace crea_info = substr(crea_info,1,possent) if crea==1 drop possent possent1 possent2 possent3 possent4 possent5 possent6 possent7 replace crea_info = substr(crea_info,1,strpos(crea_info,", with a special")) if crea==1 & regexm(crea_info,"with a special")==1 gen crea_year = substr(crea_info,length(crea_info)-5,.) if crea==1 replace crea_year = substr(crea_year,1,5) if crea==1 destring crea_year, replace * gained gen gain = regexm(fbio2, "He gained the title") gen gain_info = substr(fbio2,strpos(fbio2,"He gained the title"),.) if gain==1 forvalues i=1/7{ gen possent`i' = strpos(gain_info,".`i'") if gain_info!="" replace possent`i' = . if possent`i'==0 } egen possent = rowmin(possent1 possent2 possent3 possent4 possent5 possent6 possent7) replace gain_info = substr(gain_info,1,possent) if gain==1 drop possent possent1 possent2 possent3 possent4 possent5 possent6 possent7 gen gain_year = . replace gain_year = 1825 if refno== 33554 replace gain_year = 1862 if refno== 228704 replace gain_year = 1814 if refno== 263157 * styled gen styl = regexm(fbio2, "He was styled as") gen styl_info = substr(fbio2,strpos(fbio2,"He was styled as"),.) if styl==1 forvalues i=1/7{ gen possent`i' = strpos(styl_info,".`i'") if styl_info!="" replace possent`i' = . if possent`i'==0 } egen possent = rowmin(possent1 possent2 possent3 possent4 possent5 possent6 possent7) replace styl_info = substr(styl_info,1,possent) if styl==1 drop possent possent1 possent2 possent3 possent4 possent5 possent6 possent7 gen styl_year = substr(styl_info,strpos(styl_info,"between"),.) if styl==1 replace styl_year = substr(styl_year,9,.) if styl==1 replace styl_year = substr(styl_year,1,4) if styl==1 destring styl_year, replace replace styl_year=1820 if refno==211953 * other replace succ_year = 1851 if refno==241001 gen writ_year = 1852 if refno==237952 replace succ_year = 1831 if refno==210454 replace succ_year = 1855 if refno==248805 replace succ_year = 1833 if refno==108451 replace succ_year = 1844 if refno==229660 replace succ_year = 1833 if refno==264903 replace succ_year = 1835 if refno==253951 replace succ_year = 1836 if refno==232251 replace succ_year = 1841 if refno==265705 replace succ_year = 1846 if refno==266101 replace succ_year = 1838 if refno==225902 * Lord's egen lord_year = rowmin(succ_year gain_year crea_year) replace lord_year = styl_year if lord_year==. * father's death date gen fdyear = substr(fbio1,strpos(fbio1,"d."),.) replace fdyear = substr(fdyear,1,strpos(fdyear,"Last")-1) replace fdyear = substr(fdyear,length(fdyear)-4,.) destring fdyear, replace replace fdyear = 1855 if refno==225902 * rename bio and MP data rename fbio1 bio1_0 rename fbio2 bio2_0 rename hbio1 bio1_11 rename hbio2 bio2_11 replace bio1_11 = "" if fhead_1872!="other" replace bio2_11 = "" if fhead_1872!="other" foreach x in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10{ rename b`x'bio1 bio1_`x' rename b`x'bio2 bio2_`x' } qui sum MPf local y = r(max) if `y'>0{ forvalues j = 1/`y'{ gen term1_`j'_0 = term1f_`j' gen term2_`j'_0 = term2f_`j' gen cnsty_`j'_0 = cnstyf_`j' } } rename MPf MP_0 * foreach b in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10{ qui sum MPb`b' local y = r(max) if `y'>0{ forvalues j = 1/`y'{ gen term1_`j'_`b' = term1b`b'_`j' gen term2_`j'_`b' = term2b`b'_`j' gen cnsty_`j'_`b' = cnstyb`b'_`j' } } rename MPb`b' MP_`b' } * reshape to each fathers and brother as an entry reshape long bio1_ bio2_ MP_ /// term1_1_ term1_2_ term1_3_ term1_4_ term1_5_ term1_6_ term1_7_ term1_8_ /// term2_1_ term2_2_ term2_3_ term2_4_ term2_5_ term2_6_ term2_7_ term2_8_ /// cnsty_1_ cnsty_2_ cnsty_3_ cnsty_4_ cnsty_5_ cnsty_6_ cnsty_7_ cnsty_8_ /// , i(refno) j(nrelative) keep refno bio1_ bio2_ MP_ refno nrelative /// lord_year fdyear /// term1_1_ term1_2_ term1_3_ term1_4_ term1_5_ term1_6_ term1_7_ term1_8_ /// term2_1_ term2_2_ term2_3_ term2_4_ term2_5_ term2_6_ term2_7_ term2_8_ /// cnsty_1_ cnsty_2_ cnsty_3_ cnsty_4_ cnsty_5_ cnsty_6_ cnsty_7_ cnsty_8_ drop if nrelative==11 drop if bio1_=="" & bio2_=="" & nrelative>0 tab nrelative // # fathers (N=159) // # brothers (N=510) * first and last year in Parliament egen first_MP = rowmin(term1_1_ term1_2_ term1_3_ term1_4_ term1_5_ term1_6_ term1_7_ term1_8_) egen last_MP = rowmin(term2_1_ term2_2_ term2_3_ term2_4_ term2_5_ term2_6_ term2_7_ term2_8_) * SON MP WHILE FATHER IS A LORD gen sMPfLord = . replace sMPfLord = 1 if first_MP <= lord_year replace sMPfLord = 0 if fdyear < first_MP replace sMPfLord = 1 if lord_year <= first_MP & fdyear <= last_MP replace sMPfLord = 1 if lord_year <= first_MP & last_MP <= fdyear replace sMPfLord = 1 if first_MP <= lord_year & last_MP <= fdyear replace sMPfLord = 0 if last_MP < lord_year replace sMPfLord = 0 if first_MP==. replace sMPfLord = . if nrelative==0 tab sMPfLord // 19% of sons sat in HoC while father sat in Lords gen MPind = (MP_>0) tab MPind if nrelative>0 // 20% of sons sat in HoC * ============================================================================== * ``I handcollected 674 biographies'' (p. 13). * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ use "${dirdta}/Peers_biographies.dta", clear * drop sisters drop if refno==157408 encode fbio1, gen(nfam) duplicates drop nfam, force * # fathers (N=159) count if fbio1!="" * # brothers (N=510) preserve drop if b1bio1=="" keep refno b1bio1 b1bio2 b2bio1 b2bio2 b3bio1 b3bio2 b4bio1 b4bio2 b5bio1 b5bio2 b6bio1 b6bio2 b7bio1 b7bio2 b8bio1 b8bio2 b9bio1 b9bio2 b10bio1 b10bio2 foreach x in b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 b8 b9 b10{ rename `x'bio1 bio1_`x' rename `x'bio2 bio2_`x' } reshape long bio1_b bio2_b, i(refno) j(nbrother) drop if bio1_b=="" & bio2_b=="" summ restore * # family heads who are not fathers nor brothers (N=15) tab fhead_1872 * # TOTAL (N=674) rename fbio1 bio1_0 rename fbio2 bio2_0 rename hbio1 bio1_11 rename hbio2 bio2_11 replace bio1_11 = "" if fhead_1872!="other" replace bio2_11 = "" if fhead_1872!="other" foreach x in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10{ rename b`x'bio1 bio1_`x' rename b`x'bio2 bio2_`x' } reshape long bio1_ bio2_, i(refno) j(nrelative) drop if bio1_=="" & bio2_=="" sort bio1_ bio2_ by bio1_ bio2_: gen tokeep = _n keep if tokeep==1 count * ============================================================================== * `` in 1851-75, 50% of peers' daughters married within this 0.03% group * [the titled aristocracy in Britain] (p. 8) * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ use "${dirdata}\final-data.dta", clear tab grankspo if wom==1 & myear>=1851 & myear<1875 & nthismarr==1 & prank>0 di 100*(104+67+197)/764 // ca. 50 of peers' daughters married a titled husband