1ST See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

VISCOUNT See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• BALIOL
• BALIOL, JOHN DE (1249–1315)

BALIOL BRETT See also:

• ESHER
• 1ST VISCOUNT WILLIAM BALIOL BRETT ESHER (1817–1899)

ESHER (1817–1899)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English lawyer and See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the rolls, was a son of the Rev . See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph G . Brett, of See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 13th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1817 . He was educated at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster and at See also:

• CAIUS
• CAIUS [Anglice KEES, KEYS, etc.], JOHN (1510-1573)

Caius See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . Called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1840, he went the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit, and became a Q.C. in 1861 . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• COBDEN, RICHARD (1804-1865)

Cobden he unsuccessfully contested See also:

• ROCHDALE

Rochdale as a Conservative, but in 1866 was returned for See also:

• HELSTON

Helston in unique circumstances . He and his opponent polled exactly the same number of votes, whereupon the See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, as returning officer, gave his casting See also:

• VOTE

vote for the Liberal See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate . As this votewas given after four o'See also:

• CLOCK

clock, however, an See also:

• APPEAL

appeal was lodged, and the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons allowed both members to take their seats . Brett rapidly made his See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark in the House, and in 1868 he was appointed See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . On behalf of the See also:

• CROWN

crown he prosecuted the See also:

• FENIANS, or FENIAN BROTHERHOOD

Fenians charged with having caused the See also:

• CLERKENWELL

Clerkenwell See also:

• EXPLOSION

explosion . In See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament he took a leading See also:

• PART

part in the promotion of bills connected with the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice . He was (August 1868) appointed a justice in the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• COMMON

common pleas .

Some of his sentences in this capacity excited much See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, notably so in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the See also:

• GAS

gas stokers' strike, when he sentenced the defendants to imprisonment for twelve months, with hard labour, which was afterwards reduced by the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home secretary to four months . On the reconstitution of the court of appeal in 1876, Brett was elevated to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord justice . After holding this position for seven years, he succeeded See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• JESSEL, SIR GEORGE (1824-1883)

Jessel as master of the rolls in 1883 . In 1885 he was raised to the House of Lords as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• ESHER
• ESHER, WILLIAM BALIOL BRETT, 1ST VISCOUNT (1817–1899)

Esher . He opposed the See also:

• BILL

bill proposing that an accused See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or his wife might give See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence in their own case, and supported the bill which empowered lords of appeal to sit and vote after their re' _1ement . The Solicitors See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1888, which increased the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of the Incorporated Law Society, owed much to his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . In 188o he delivered a remarkable speech in the House of Lords, deprecating the delay and expense of trials, which he regarded as having been increased by the Judicature Acts . Lord Esher suffered, perhaps, as master of the rolls from succeed ng a lawyer of such See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence as Jessel . He had a See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue, but also a fund of shrewd common sense, and one of his favourite considerations was whether a certain course was " business " or not . He retired from the See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1897, and a viscounty was conferred upon him on his retirement, a dignity never given to any See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, lord chancellors excepted, " for See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere legal conduct since the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Lord See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

Coke." He died in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 24th of May 1899 . Lord Esher was succeeded in the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title by his only surviving son, Reginald See also:

• BALIOL
• BALIOL, JOHN DE (1249–1315)

Baliol Brett (b . 1852), who was secretary to the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• WORKS

works from 1895 to 1902, but subsequently came into far greater public prominence in 1904 as chairman of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war office reconstitution See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee after the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African War .