The Viscount Esher | |
|---|---|
 Lord Esher by John Everett Millais. | |
| Solicitor-General | |
| In office 10 February 1868 – 16 September 1868 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn |
| Succeeded by | Sir Richard Baggallay |
| Master of the Rolls | |
| In office April 1883 – 1897 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir George Jessel |
| Succeeded by | Sir Nathaniel Lindley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1815 [1] |
| Died | 24 May 1899 (aged 83) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Eugénie Mayer |
| Children | 3, including Reginald |
| Alma mater | King's College London Caius College, Cambridge |
William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher, PC (13 August 1815 – 24 May 1899), known as Sir William Brett between 1868 and 1883, was a British lawyer, judge, and Conservative politician. He was briefly Solicitor-General under Benjamin Disraeli and then served as a justice of the Court of Common Pleas between 1868 and 1876, as a Lord Justice of Appeal between 1876 and 1883 and as Master of the Rolls. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Esher in 1885 and further honoured when he was made Viscount Esher on his retirement in 1897.
- ^ "Esher, Viscount (UK, 1897)". Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.