ESHER, REGINALD BALIOL BRETT, 2ND VISCOUNT (1852-1930), British politician and writer, eldest son of the 1st Viscount Esher, was born in London, June 3o, 1852, and educated at Eton and Trinity college, Cambridge. He entered politics, be coming private secretary to the Marquess of Hartington in 1878, and from 188o to 1885 was Liberal member for Penrhyn and Fal mouth. From 1895 to 1902 he was secretary to the Office of Works. He succeeded his father in 1899 and in 1901 was ap pointed deputy constable and lieutenant-governor of Windsor Castle. In 1902 he was appointed one of the commissioners who enquired into the conduct of the South African War. In he was chairman of the War Office reconstitution committee, and in 1905 became a permanent member of the committee of imperial defence. He was chairman of the Territorial Force As sociation of the county of London 1909-13, and president, 1912 21. Lord Esher was selected by King Edward VII. as one of the editors of the Letters of Queen Victoria, which appeared in 1907, and he produced The Girlhood of Queen Victoria (1912) . His other works include The Influence of King Edward (1915), The Tragedy of Kitchener (1921), Ionicus (1923) and Cloud-capt Towers (19 2 7 ). He died on Jan. 22, 1930.