1, Rothschild family
The Rothschild family is a well-known financial family in Europe and even in the world. It originated in the early19th century and was founded by Meyer Rothschild. He and his five sons, namely "Roche Five Tigers", have successively opened banks in famous European cities such as London, Vienna, Frankfurt, Austria, Naples, Germany and Naples, Italy.
2. Huxley family
Huxley family is a famous family in English history. Among the three generations from thomas huxley to aldous huxley, many outstanding figures emerged. They have made outstanding contributions in biology, anthropology, engineering, physics, literature, commerce, art, diplomacy, education and international affairs. It can be described as a model home for the real integration of scientific spirit and humanistic spirit.
The Huxley family plays an important role in Britain and is respected by the whole country. This family has trained several generations of scientists and writers and made great contributions to the development of science, literature and philosophy in Britain. For example, thomas huxley critically inherited Darwin's theory of evolution, making this theory more perfect and accepted by everyone.
3. British royal family
The British royal family is one of the oldest existing royal families in Britain, and the coronation ceremony of each generation of monarchs strictly follows the same tradition, which makes the coronation ceremony of the British royal family an existing and still ancient ceremony.
Britain is a constitutional monarchy country, and the British royal family is only a symbol of national strength. Although it still has great powers according to the law (dissolving parliament and appointing the prime minister, etc.). ), the royal family does not actually use power.
Characteristics of British aristocratic groups
Compared with the aristocrats in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, France and other countries on the European continent, one of the characteristics of the British aristocratic group is its small number. For a long time, the title of nobility and the corresponding property rights and political privileges were only owned by the title holder himself. Although his family members are noble family members, their political status is close to that of ordinary freemen, and they are not allowed to attend the upper house as representatives without voting rights.
Noble titles and fiefs are passed down according to the rather strict eldest son inheritance system; If the eldest son dies early, the eldest son, the second son, the youngest son or other family members will take over in turn. If a nobleman has no heir, his next of kin can inherit his title and fief according to his will or living arrangements and with the approval of the king and the High Court. But in most cases, the title was taken back by the king.
Generally speaking, the titles and titles of British nobles cannot be transferred or sold at will. In order to maintain the size of the aristocratic group and other reasons, most kings of past dynasties will moderately increase the number of nobles.