1. Edmund Hornby of Dalton Hall had bought the living for his second son, and George, being a man of means, decided to upgrade the mean existing rectory to suit his status. BNC
2. It is called the Red House because it is built of deep red brick, an unusual medium for a man of means, who was normally expected to build in something nobler. BNC
3. I could tell from her adress that she was a woman of means. CIDoI