When a man is asked if he is an esquire, and he answers that he is an esquire, the general understanding is that he is a person of no profession or occupation. (Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet)

When a man is asked if he is an esquire, and he answers that he is an esquire, the general understanding is that he is a person of no profession or occupation.

Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet

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