Viscount Esher, of Esher in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1897 for the prominent lawyer and judge William Brett, 1st Baron Esher, upon his retirement as Master of the Rolls

Master of the Rolls

The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal...

. He had already been created Baron Esher, of Esher in the County of Surrey, in 1885, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His son, the second Viscount, was a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician and historian. His grandson, the fourth Viscount, was a noted architect. the titles are held by the latter's son, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded in 2004.

Viscounts Esher (1897)

• William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher (1815–1899)
• Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher
  Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher
  Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB, PC, DL was a historian and Liberal politician in the United Kingdom.Brett was the son of William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher and Eugénie Mayer...
  
   (1852–1930)
• Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher (1881–1963)
• Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett, 4th Viscount Esher
  Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher
  Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett, 4th Viscount Esher was a Britih peer, architect and town-planner. He succeeded to his title on the death of his father in 1963....
  
   (1913–2004)
• Christopher Lionel Baliol Brett, 5th Viscount Esher (b. 1936)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Matthew Christopher Anthony Brett (b. 1963)

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Jack Alexander Baliol Brett (b. June 1996)