History Main / GentlemanWizard

* The guy wearing the bowler hat with the huge umbrella from the Travellers Insurance commercials a few years ago. Dignified, prim, and proper, helping people out using his magic as he comes across them.

* Canas from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade is a scholar turned shaman who reads books in the middle of the battlefield and, although a bit socially oblivious, is quite kind and has a passion for learning. Pent, from the same game, is Mage General of Etruria, collects books on elder magic despite it not being his field, and taught Erk everything he knows about anima.

* The standard in ''Technomagia i smoki'', since magic requires both talent and years of difficult, expensive studies, which pretty much restricts its use to higher classes. Wizards ''do'' work, but it's either academia (teaching and research) or [[DungeonPunk engineering-type jobs]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Most of the original alchemists appear to be something like this, except for not being aristocrats, especially Szilard and Maiza.

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Tokiomi Tohsaka combines [[SharpDressedMan a fabulous red suit]], [[MagicStaff a ruby-tipped magic cane]] and [[PlayingWithFire hugely destructive blasts of fire.]] This style is very common among Magi in the {{Franchise/Nasuverse}}, where magical studies and aristocracy go hand in hand due to how the succession of Magic Crests is traditionally handled. Ironically, by playing the trope straight, he's a subversion to a good many of the other Nasuverse wizards, who are usually uncaring sociopaths underneath a veneer of class and civility, while Tokiomi is fundamentally a good, if [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter naive]], person straight through.

* ''Videogame/ShadowHearts'' is set in 1912, with the Victorian era just dying out. The game’s antagonist is Roger Bacon ([[spoiler: or “Albert Simon” to use is real name]]) - who dresses in a dark-suit, complete with tie, white-gloves, and a top-hat. He owned a manor on London, speaks with impeccable etiquette and wears a serene smile on his face... even as he is using dark magic to rack-up a body count in the double digits within the first 10 seconds of screen introduction.

Either way, his status as a rich blue blood allows for him to get quite good at this magic stuff, since he [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob probably has nothing better to do]]. Usually the skill to use magic is seen as an appropriate sort of job for a gentleman to have, similar to being a lawyer or banker. He'll also be a SharpDressedMan, in dapper Victorian or Edwardian attire, possibly embellished to show off the fact that he's ''magical'', and if he has a walking-stick it will no doubt be his [[MagicStaff wizard's staff]] or act as a magic focus at least once.

%%* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': Roderick Burgess.

* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'': DCI Nightingale; he even has the silver-tipped walking stick -- and was born in [[{{Immortality}} 19th Century too]]. It's eventually established that in Nightingale's day the Folly, and its associated BoardingSchool WizardingSchool, specialised in producing Gentleman Wizards, being something between a SmokyGentlemansClub and the Royal Society. The previous incarnation of the Folly was more eclectic, taking in a variety of practitioners that the later Folly would dismiss as "hedge magic", and even women!

* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'': DCI Nightingale; he even has the silver-tipped walking stick -- and was born in [[{{Immortality}} 19th Century too]].

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Tokiomi Tohsaka combines [[SharpDressedMan a fabulous red suit]], [[MagicStaff a ruby-tipped magic cane]] and [[PlayingWithFire hugely destructive blasts of fire.]] This style is very common among Magi in the {{Franchise/Nasuverse}}, where magical studies and aristocracy go hand in hand due to how the succession of Magic Crests is traditionally handled. Ironically, by playing the trope straight, he's a subversion to a good many of the other Nasuverse wizards, who are usually uncaring sociopaths underneath a veneer of class and civility, while Tokiomi is fundamentally a good person straight through.

If he is British, he is most likely a QuintessentialBritishGentleman; if American, he might be a SouthernGentleman or [[HollywoodNewEngalnd Boston Brahmin]]. Compare GentlemanAndAScholar for the science equivalent (the two might [[MagicVersusScience dislike each other deeply]], but [[PassiveAggressiveKombat you'd never be able to tell]]).

If he is British, he is most likely a QuintessentialBritishGentleman; if American, he might be a SouthernGentleman. Compare GentlemanAndAScholar for the science equivalent (the two might [[MagicVersusScience dislike each other deeply]], but [[PassiveAggressiveKombat you'd never be able to tell]]).

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Laurent is a handsome, [[{{Megane}} bespectacled]], sharp-tongued young man who travels through the world [[spoiler: and through time and space too]] so he can help save it. He never drops a swearing word, reacts in a rather exasperated and deadpan manner to almost everything around him, and tries to keep his cool even as he can potentially become a walking PersonOfMassDestruction [[spoiler: depending on who his father is, what he inherited from him, and other factors.]]

Either way, his status as a rich blue blood allows for him to get quite good at this magic stuff, since he [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob probably has nothing better to do]]. Usually the skill to use magic is seen as an appropriate sort of job for a gentleman to have, similar to being a Lawyer or banker. He'll also be a SharpDressedMan, in dapper Victorian or Edwardian attire, possibly embellished to show off the fact that he's ''magical'', and if he has a walking-stick it will no doubt be his [[MagicStaff wizard's staff]] or act as a magic focus at least once.

%%* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'': England has used magic in the series a couple of times. He's also shown interacting with magical creatures.%%"Gentleman" how?

%%* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'': Negi Springfield, though quite a young one.%%How?

%%* ''Literature/ElementalMasters'': Most of the magic-users are this or the DistaffCounterpart.

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A staple in GaslampFantasy and {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s of a Victorian-esque society. The Gentleman Wizard is, essentially, an aristocratic {{blue blood}} who also happens to be some sort of magician, alchemist, wizard or what have you.

* The guy wearing the bowler hat with the huge umbrella from the Travellers Insurance commercials a few years ago. Dignified, prim and proper, helping people out using his magic as he comes across them.

* ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' has Dragonlord Morrolan e'Drien, the Duke of Southmoor and Lord of [[OminousFloatingCastle Castle Black]], [[spoiler:as well as eventual [[CourtMage imperial Court Wizard]]]]. His study of Eastern witchcraft and [[WildMagic Elder Sorcery]] as well as Dragaeran sorcery have earned him the title of [[TheArchmage Wizard]] and he's a PersonOfMassDestruction in battle, but for the most part he is a BenevolentMageRuler with a firm belief in SacredHospitality who takes the responsibilities of his position seriously and will ''always'' help a friend in need.

** The current Merlin of the White Council is also one. He can be polite and witty when in the mood. He treats people, sans Harry, with respect when they meet, and is a general Archmage able to hold of an EldritchAbomination with only one second warning, and alert every one in the trapped room to stay down via telepathy.

** Lucius Malfoy is an aristocrat of the particularly arrogant sort, with a pedigree dating back centuries, a lordly country villa and an extremely powerful and feared reputation in politics... at least until his social standing takes a dive after Voldemort's return. In fact, a lot of wizards from the old pureblood families (or at least the rich ones) tend to fit this trope.

* ''Literature/{{Temps}}'': Loric, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Paranormal Resources, is a powerful sorcerer (or possibly a powerful psychic who finds magical trappings help focus his powers) who is also a senior civil servant in the [[Series/YesMinister Sir Humphrey]] mould. According to his ''Who's Who'' entry he's generally accepted as coming from a distinguished family, although there's a certain amount of mystery about his origins and he stated he "had no reason to believe" he's the heir to a peerage when offered it. He had an Eton and Oxford education and is very much described as a QuintessentialBritishGentleman, with magic. This means that he sometimes comes across to the often working class Temps as a bit of a pompous git, but a well-meaning one.

* ''Videogame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'': Perriman Smythe and Geoffrey Tarrelond-Ashe. Potentially also the player character. Perriman is more of the genteele and slightly sheltered variety, while Geoffrey views his Black Necromancy skills as something to be played with while he decides whether or not to be bothered to go to the nice job waiting for him in Tarant.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': Mage Hakwe regains their family fortune and becomes a member of the Kirkwall nobility in the second act, though has to keep their abilities secret due to magic being illegal in Thedas. After becoming the Champion of Kirkwall, Mage Hawke is seemingly given ''carte blanche'' by the Templars and allowed to remain free, in exchange for continuing to unofficially [[CourtMage work for the city]].

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Mr. Raven is an older man who dresses well (if in a somewhat old-fashioned manner), teaches history at Moperville South High School, has a strong sense of honor and will not allow rogue wizards to attack his school and harm his students. Oh, and he's also an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]] and [[Really700YearsOld centuries old]].

* Doctor John Dee, royal astrologer for Queen Elizabeth I. A wealthy academic, astrologer, (alleged) summoner of angels and man of high society.

* ''Literature/{{Temps}}'': Loric, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Paranormal Resources, is a powerful sorcerer (or possibly a powerful psychic who finds magical trappings help focus his powers) who is also a senior civil servant in the [[Series/YesMinister Sir Humphrey]] mould. According to his ''Who's Who'' entry he's generally accepted as coming from a distinguished family, although there's a certain amount of mystery about his origins and he stated he "had no reason to believe" he's the heir to a peerage when offered it. He is very much described as a QuintessentialBritishGentleman, with magic. This means that he sometimes comes across to the often working class Temps as a bit of a pompous git, but a well-meaning one.