“Aristocrats are the elite class of society”, the majority of people will agree with this statement. The British aristocracy is probably one of the most common and oldest ones around the world. But it is rather difficult to define who really belonged in the upper class. It is a well- known fact that the royal family truly belongs there, so the question arises who else is in there. You could argue that only those with the hereditary title of a baron, a viscount, an earl or duke are entitled to be called members of aristocracy, since only they are allowed to be members of the House of Lords. But the problem is that in Great Britain only the males were allowed to carry a title, so the wives and children only got courtesy titles and unmarried women