Title: Social class in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
Headings: Social class in the United Kingdom
Social class in the United Kingdom
Contents
History
Formal classifications
Early modern
20th century
21st century
Great British Class Survey
Results
Elite
Established middle class
Technical middle class
New affluent workers
Traditional working class
Emergent service sector
Precariat
Informal classifications and stereotypes
Underclass
Working class
Unskilled and semi-skilled working class
Skilled working class
Middle class
Lower middle class
Middle class
Upper middle class
Upper class
Accent and language and social class
Received Pronunciation
U and non-U
English regional dialect
Heraldry and social class
Criticisms
See also
UK social stereotypes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Content: Physicians were rising in status as professionalisation and education built upon rapidly increasing knowledge bases. Merchants and businessmen could range in status from middle to high, depending on their wealth and importance. For higher social prestige, they would buy a landed estate or negotiate for a knighthood or a baronetcy. Knight
The role of knighthood was very important in the medieval period, with the role of organising local military forces on behalf of a senior noble. However, by 1600 the title was an honorific one, often granted to outstanding combat soldiers in the king's army. Baronet (hereditary, non-peer)
A baronet held a hereditary style of knighthood, giving the highest rank below a peerage. Aristocracy: Peer ( Noble )
The ranks ranged from baron to duke. The rules of succession were elaborate; usually, however, the eldest son inherited the title and the wealth.