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	UCL: 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