Viscount Esher
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Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher
He was born in London and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was elected as Liberal MP for Penryn and Falmouth from 1880, serving as Parlimentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War from 1882, but was defeated at the 1885 election, and thereafter took a back seat role in public affairs. In 1895, he became Permanent Secretary to the Office of Works, where the Prince of Wales was impressed by his dedication to the elderly Queen Victoria.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag He was evidently sufficiently discreet to avoid becoming entangled in the Cleveland Street Scandal, unlike his friend Lord Arthur Somerset.
