The purpose of this paper is to mainly examine the recent trends in the studies on the elites in United Kingdom. The main results will be summarized as follows: 1. Some of the recent Japanese studies on the elites are problematic, because they use the one cyclopedia lightly and without any critic. And many studies on the elites have been done, but they have no mutual relationship. Because of this trend, the quality of studies on the elite is getting poorer and poorer. 2. Many studies on the elites in United Kingdom talk about only those in England. This is not peculiar feature of the studies in Japan. Many studyes in U.K. have a same feature. 3. In United Kingdom, the issue on the social classes is no longer a popular one. That results the poverty of the studies on the elites in United Kingdom. In sum, it's not "Hot Issue". 4. What I examined in this paper is just basic information and review in this field. There are some confusions about the word "public school". Why is it called "public"? And the legend on the public schools is still alive? And how about Oxbridge? This paper offers the basic framework in thinking about this matter