At the top of the different types of social classes was the upper class. The upper class included aristocrats, nobles, dukes, temporal lords, ecclesiastics (priests), and other royal families. The upper class is a class of nobility, wealth and privilege of the highest social order. If someone was upper class, money was not an object and possessions such as land and jewelry were at their disposal (“Aristocratic Life in Victorian England”). Since the upper class knew that they were on top of everyone, they demanded that the lower classes treat them accordingly. The second type of social class is the middle class, made up of successful industrialists, poor employees and wealthy bankers. The reason employees were middle class is because social class was not defined by a person's income, but by its source. During this period in history, the middle class grew in size and importance; it made up about fifteen percent of the population of Britain. Middle-class people valued hard work, sexual mortality, and individual responsibility. The third and final type of social class is the lower class. In the lower class, there were people who did physical labor, work that other classes did not want to do. An example of a lower class person is a farmer. The lower class was either paid