Social classes and their rolls in England 1800’s society By Charles Turner C Chalres Turner
Highest Orders Royal family Generals and Admirals Bishops Lords of State We have met no members of Highest Orders in Great Expectations Queen Victoria
Second Class Baronets Knights Country Gentlemen - Pip in the second book People with Large incomes - Ms Havisham Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Baron of the County of Norfolk
Third Class Clergy Doctors Merchants Large Scale Manufacturers Bankers Dr James Gully
Fourth Class Manufacturers of the second class Shopkeepers Artists Builders Mechanics People with moderate income Lesser clergy Doctors Lawyers - Jaggers Teachers Ship owners Merchants
Fifth Class Lesser freeholders Shopkeepers Innkeepers -Barnard Publicans People in random or multiple jobs Workers from odd jobs
Sixth Class Working men Artists Craftsmen (wood carvers, blacksmiths-Joe, sculptors, carpenters, and others) Farmers Farmers on the fields
Seventh Class Paupers Vagrants Gypsies Unemployed Gangs / Mafia Paupers on the side of the Road
Army and Navy Officers Seamen Soldiers Pensioners Marines Officers of the Navy
Percentage of Population Class Percentage Highest Order 0.00953 Second Class 0.776 Third Class 0.0371 Fourth Class 3.87 Fifth Class 9.26 Sixth Class 29.1 Seventh Class 53.5 Army and Navy 3.08
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