William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher

William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher PC (13 August 1817 – 24 May 1899), English lawyer and Master of the Rolls. Brett was a son of the Rev. Joseph G. Brett, of Chelsea. He was educated at Westminster School, King's College London and at Caius College, Cambridge. Brett rowed in the first Cambridge crew to win the University Boat Race in 1836, and which in the following year defeated the Leander Club in a race over the same course. Called to th... more

Date of birth:

  • Aug 13, 1817

Date of death:

  • May 24, 1899 (age 81 years)

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