ESHER, a township in the Chertsey parliamentary division of Surrey, England, on the Portsmouth road, 142 m. S.W. of London on the Southern railway. It is pleasantly situated on rising ground above the river Mole, 3 m. from its junction with the Thames. Of the ancient mansion of Esher place, founded by William of Waynflete, bishop of Winchester (c. 145o), in which Cardinal Wolsey resided for some weeks in 1529, the gatehouse remains. The modern mansion was erected in 1803. To the south is Clare mont, built by the great Lord Clive (1769) on the site of a man sion of Sir John Vanbrugh. In 1816 it was presented to Princess Charlotte, on her marriage to Prince Leopold, afterwards king of the Belgians. She died here in 1817, and on the death of her hus band in 1865 the property reverted to the Crown. Louis Philippe, ex-king of the French, resided here from 1848 until his death in 185o, and later the duke of Albany. In 1882 Claremont became the private property of Queen Victoria. Christ Church, Esher, contains some interesting memorials. The township lies within the urban district of Esher and The Dittons, which includes the favourite riverside resort of Thames Ditton and the Sandown Park racecourse. The whole district is largely residential and the ancient commons, including Ditton Marsh and Littleworth, are of wide extent. Pop. of urban district (1931) ' 7,075.