What is the difference between a Gentleman and an Esquire?

mardi 22 décembre 2015

I have found my 4xGt Grandfather in a poll book from 1774 in Westminster and I'm pondering what the difference is in "status" between the entry definitions of one man being described as a Gentleman and the another as an Esquire. I thought the monicker Esquire was given to a man who attended Oxford or Cambridge University?
What is the difference between a Gentleman and an Esquire?

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