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Mind your language

Is the term ‘Esquire’ U or non-U?

3 August 2019

9:00 AM

3 August 2019

9:00 AM

‘I’m a learned doctor,’ cried my husband, pulling at the hems of his tweed coat and doing a little jig. He’d heard that Jacob Rees-Mogg had directed his office to use Esq of all non-titled males.

There’s something of the Charles Pooter about Esquire. Its last redoubt had been envelopes from the Inland Revenue.

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