Talk:Remittance man

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I was of the understanding that in the 19th century it was common for the eldest son to inherit the family estates and/or businesses with any younger sons receiving little to nothing in the way of inheritance. However, there was a duty on the heir to see to his brothers’ support by taking a yearly percentage of any profit made from the estates and/or businesses, and divide it among his younger brothers. It was this yearly remittance to these brothers where the 'term remittance men' was coined. Some of these remittance men went on to become wealthy or famous in their own right, sadly however, for many of these men this yearly income came too easily, and was drank, gambled and frittered away, which led to the term 'remittance men' being look upon with ill favour. R. Granbois 03:41, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Time for a re-write, with refs

The article lacks good quality references, and it makes unsourced claims about remittance men doing well. Unfortunately, the historic usage indicates otherwise, and I can see no justification for including Vanderbilt. I'll give it a good going-over. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 10:59, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Sourced or otherwise, this article makes an interesting and eye-opening read, explaining many a story and novel of the times. Let us keep it that way. Zezen (talk) 08:24, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

(This comment appears to be a response to what I wrote a couple of years ago, so I've taken the liberty of connecting them by removing the comment's separate heading.) Thank you for your positive opinion of the article. As you can see here and here, immediately after I offered to give the article a good going over, I did so, with dozens of edits. I finished that editing spree a few weeks later, and since then it has stayed essentially the same - which isn't to say that it can't still be expanded or improved. If you have sources to hand, please do so! I'd be delighted to read more about remitance men and women. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 11:07, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Analysis and examples

That's the heading, and yet there isn't a single example. Not one name. 86.177.94.238 (talk) 20:56, 10 August 2019 (UTC)