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Reginald Baliol Brett, second Viscount Esher (1852–1930), courtier, was born on 30 June 1852 at 19 Prince's Terrace, Kensington, London, the eldest of three children of William Baliol Brett, first Viscount Esher (1815–1899), barrister and later master of the rolls, and his wife, Eugénie (1814–1904), a Frenchwoman, daughter of Louis Mayer and a stepdaughter of Colonel John Gurwood (1790 ...
Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher GCVO KCB PC DL (30 June 1852 – 22 January 1930) was a historian and Liberal politician in the United Kingdom, although his greatest influence over military and foreign affairs was as a courtier, member of public committees and behind-the-scenes "fixer", or rather eminence grise.
Reginald, known as Regy, Brett was the son of William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher and Eugénie Mayer (1814–1904). Born in London, Esher remembered sitting on the lap of an old man who had played violin for Marie Antoinette, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He held a militia commission after Cambridge.
Use this image. Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher as a gentleman of France. by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall. photogravure, 27 July 1897; published 1899. NPG Ax41189. Find out more >. Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image.
2nd Viscount Esher, politician: History: Public servant & government official. Superintended Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1897, funeral of Queen Victoria, 1901, & coronation of Edward VII in 1902. Thereafter prominent in army reforms. Joined Committee of Imperial Defence, 1904: Biography: ODNB link for Brett, Reginald Baliol (1852-1930 ...
25 de set. de 2012 · Reginald Brett, second Viscount Esher, wrote these words in a letter to his son, Maurice, on 12 March 1909, less than a fortnight before he launched the Society of Islanders. Esher established the Islanders as a patriotic association with the aim of persuading the ‘most intelligent of our fellow-countrymen’,
A biography of Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher who for nearly 30 years exerted an incredible influence on British royalty and politics. The intimate of every Prime Minister from Rosebery to Stanley Baldwin, of Kitchener, Haig and Lord Curzon, he declined high office, preferring to manipulate events from backstage.
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