squirearchy

The landed gentry considered as a group or class.

In England, government by the squires, or “country gentlemen”—that is, the large landed proprietors, most of whom are justices of the peace, and who, before the Reform Bill of 1832, and to a certain extent after it, had great influence in the House of Commons.

The squires themselves collectively.

the land-owning gentry

the gentry who own land (considered as a class)