In the traditional hierarchy of status and precedence, which of these members of the upper class are in the right order (from highest to lowest status)?

Prime Minister, Archbishop of York, Viscounts of England
Marquesses of England, Earls of Great Britain, King’s Brothers
Esquires, Serjeants of Law, Dukes’ Eldest Sons
King’s Grandsons, Lord High Treasurer, Companions of the Bath
King’s Grandsons, Lord High Treasurer, Companions of the Bath  The culture of the upper class is rooted in a traditional hierarchy of aristocratic landowners, and later capitalist entrepreneurs, who head different amounts of property, wealth and status. In the nineteenth century, the upper class was divided into the peerage and the gentry, and there was a rigid hierarchy within each, ranging from the Royal Family, through the hereditary peers (Marquisses, barons and so on), esquires and gentlemen. Social precedence was controlled by Acts of Parliament, and the table on page 798 shows how this informed the order of ceremony at formal state occasions. 796-800

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