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Brett, Reginald Baliol, (1852-1930) 2nd Viscount Esher, politician

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Alternative name(s):
  • Esher (Also known as)
Surname: Brett
Forenames: Reginald Baliol
Gender: Male
Date: 1852-1930
Title: 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) 2nd Viscount Esher
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274942 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P158262 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Reginald Baliol Brett
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1873-1897: Supreme Court of Judicature: Office of the Master of the Rolls: Jessel and Esher Letter Books
The National Archives, Kew
J 113
2
1853-1930: corresp and papers (390 vols)
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
ESHR
NRA 13626 Brett

See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989
3
1879-1929: letters to him and his wife
University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives
MS.2.89
NRA 30047 Brett
4
c1902-07: papers rel to South African War Commission etc
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
5
letters to HH Asquith
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Asquith
NRA 12685
6
1908-16: letters from Margot Asquith
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS. Eng. d.3206, d.3265, c.6715 passim
NRA 42917
7
1904-22: corresp with AJ Balfour
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD433
NRA 10026 Balfour

See NRA(S)0012
8
1882-1926: corresp with Arthur James Balfour
British Library, Manuscript Collections
ADD MSS 49718-9
9
1882-99: corresp with Joseph Chamberlain
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
JC/5/6/1-24
NRA 12604 Chamberlain
10
1886-1893: corresp with Lord Randolph Churchill
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Add.9248
NRA 13273 Churchill
11
1878-80: letters to Lord Curzon
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur F 111-12
NRA 20536
12
1918-27: corresp with Geoffrey Dawson
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Dawson
NRA 25619
13
1879-95: letters to 8th Duke of Devonshire
Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
vol 16
NRA 20594 Cavendish
14
corresp with Sir John Ewart
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS1054
NRA 11854
15
1904-1919: letters to Lord Fisher
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
FISR
NRA 16615 Fisher
16
1904-05: corresp with H O Arnold-Foster
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 50309 Passim
17
1905-06: letters to Sir Francis Galton
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
GALTON
NRA 19968 Galton
18
1880-1928: letters to Lord Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 46048-86
19
1914-18: corresp with HA Gwynne
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
NRA 29866 Gwynne
20
1916-18: letters to Douglas Haig
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.3155
21
1905-18: corresp with Lord Haldane
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.5906-14
22
1889-1921: letters to Lewis Harcourt
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Harcourt
NRA 3679
23
1906-13: corresp with Lord Hardinge
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Hardinge
NRA 3853
24
1918-29: corresp with Thomas Jones
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
Thomas Jones
NRA 30994 Jones
25
1880-83: corresp with Lord Kimberley
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng a 2013-14, b 2047-49, c 3933-4514, d 2439-92, e 2790-97
NRA 1274 Wodehouse
26
1904-07: corresp with Lord Kitchener
The National Archives
WO 159
27
1904-07: corresp with Lord Kitchener
The National Archives
PRO 30/57
28
1917-22: letters to David Lloyd George
Parliamentary Archives
LG
NRA 15700
29
1922-27: letters to Manchester Guardian
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
Guardian archives
NRA 18162 Guardian
30
1881-1903: corresp with Lord Ripon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 43544
31
1909-14: letters to Earl Roberts
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
7101/23, 8310/155-62
NRA 18656
32
1883-1917: corresp with Lord Rosebery
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.10001-10216
NRA 22490 Primrose
33
1902-11: corresp with JS Sandars
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS. Eng. hist. a. 21, c. 713-73
NRA 19043
34
letters to Sir Philip Sassoon
Houghton Hall
Cholmondeley
NRA 37395
35
1900-28: corresp with JA Spender
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 46391-92
36
1884-1911: letters (135) to WT Stead
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
STED
NRA 32593
37
1903-16: corresp with John St Loe Strachey
Parliamentary Archives
STR
NRA 19285
38
1918-20: corresp with Sir Henry Wilson
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
HHW
NRA 28567
39
1898-1968: letters (79)
University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library
Dorothy Brett
40
20th cent: family papers
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
ESHR, acc 2234
See Annual Return 2022