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William Baliol Brett

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 13 August 1815

Died: 24 May 1899

Peerages

1st Viscount Esher - 11 November 1897

Knighted

Member of Privy Council - 1876

father of Reginald Baliol Brett

grandfather of William Dudley Ward

Appointments

Elections fought

15 April 1865		Rochdale	Conservative Party	496	43.43
1 May 1866		Helston	Conservative Party	153	49.84
5 July 1866 Petition - Robert Campbell unseated and William Brett declared elected. The Committee decided that the Returning Officer (who had already voted for Campbell) was not entitled to a casting vote.
1868 Resignation of William Brett on appointment as Solicitor-General
19 February 1868		Helston	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1868 Resignation of Sir William Brett on appointment as a judge.