Viscount Esher

Viscount Esher, of Esher in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created on 11 November 1897 for the prominent lawyer and judge William Brett, 1st Baron Esher, upon his retirement as Master of the Rolls. He had already been created Baron Esher, of Esher in the County of Surrey, on 24 July 1885, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[2] His son, the second Viscount, was a Liberal politician and historian. His grandson, the fourth Viscount, was a noted architect. As of 2010^[update] the titles are held by the latter's son, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded in 2004.

The family seat is Beauforest House, near Newington, Oxfordshire.^{[citation needed]}

Viscounts Esher (1897)

William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher (1815–1899)
Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher (1852–1930)
Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher (1881–1963)
Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett, 4th Viscount Esher (1913–2004)
Christopher Lionel Baliol Brett, 5th Viscount Esher (b. 1936)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Matthew Christopher Anthony Brett (b. 1963)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Jack Alexander Baliol Brett (b. June 1996)

Line of succession

William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher (1815—1899)
- Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher (1852—1930)
  - Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher (1881—1963)
    - Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett, 4th Viscount Esher (1913—2004)
      - Christopher Lionel Baliol Brett, 5th Viscount Esher (b. 1936)
        (1) Hon. Matthew Christopher Anthony Brett (b. 1963)
        (2) Jack Alexander Baliol Brett (b. 1996)
        
        (3) Hon. Oliver Maxwell Brett (b. 1972)
        
        Hon. Orlando Benedict Carlos Brett (b. 1974)
        
        (4) Hon. William Falkland Brett (b. 1982)
      - (5) Hon. Michael Jeremy Baliol Brett (b. 1939)
      - (6) Hon. Guy Anthony Baliol Brett (b. 1942)
      - (7) Hon. Maurice Sebastion Baliol Brett (b. 1944)
        (8) Judd Brett (b. 1972)
      - (9) Hon. Stephen Patrick Baliol Brett (b. 1952)
  - Lt.-Col. Hon. Maurice Vyner Balliol Brett (1882—1934)
    - Antony Reginald Forbes Balliol Brett (1913—1981)
      - (10) Simon Baliol Brett (b. 1943)

Arms

Coat of arms of Viscount Esher
	Crest A lion passant Gules charged on the shoulder with a cross botonny fitchéee Or and holding in the dexter forepaw a fasces Proper. Escutcheon Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules within an orle of crosses botonny fitchée Or a lion rampant of the last holding in the dexter forepaw a fasces erect Proper 2nd per pale Or and Gules three leopard's faces counterchanged 3rd Azure three bears' heads couped Argent muzzled Gules. Supporters Dexter a boar sinister a lion both Sable and each charged on the shoulder with a cross botonny fitchée Or and holding between the paws a fasces erect Proper. Motto Vicimus ^[3]

References

^ "No. 26910". The London Gazette. 12 September 1897. p. 6227.
^ "No. 25493". The London Gazette. 24 July 1885. p. 3426.
^ Burke's Peerage. 1914.

Sources

Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 353.
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}

[1] "No. 26910". The London Gazette. 12 September 1897. p. 6227.

[2] "No. 25493". The London Gazette. 24 July 1885. p. 3426.

[3] Burke's Peerage. 1914.

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v t e Extant viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
Sorted by kingdom in which created, then creation date
England	Hereford
Scotland	Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird
Great Britain	Bolingbroke St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood
Ireland	Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Harberton Hawarden Ferrard Monck Gort
United Kingdom	St Vincent Melville Sidmouth Exmouth Combermere Hill Hardinge Bridport Portman Hampden Hambleden Knutsford Esher Goschen Ridley Colville of Culross Selby Knollys Allendale Chilston Scarsdale Mersey Cowdray Devonport Astor Wimborne St Davids Rothermere Allenby Chelmsford Long Ullswater Younger of Leckie Bearsted Craigavon Bridgeman Hailsham Brentford Buckmaster Bledisloe Hanworth Trenchard Samuel Runciman of Doxford Davidson Weir Caldecote Camrose Stansgate Margesson Daventry Addison Kemsley Marchwood Montgomery of Alamein Waverley Thurso Brookeborough Norwich Leathers Soulbury Chandos Malvern De L'Isle Monckton of Brenchley Tenby Mackintosh of Halifax Dunrossil Stuart of Findhorn Rochdale Slim Head Boyd of Merton Mills Blakenham Eccles Dilhorne
Italics: This title is held by a peer who holds another of higher precedence.