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A statue of Lord Brougham stands at the Cannes waterfront, across from the Palais des festivals et des congrès. [23] Brougham holds the House of Commons record for non-stop speaking at six hours. [24] Brougham was present at the trial of the world's first steam-powered ship on 14 October 1788 at Dalswinton Loch near Auldgirth, Dumfries and ...
On 20 July 1963, he married Olivia Susan Gray and they had one daughter, Henrietta Louise (born 23 February 1965). He divorced his wife in 1967 and married Catherine Jill Gulliver. They had one son, Charles William Brougham (born 1971), who succeeded his father in the title. Brougham died on 27 August 2023, at the age of 85. [2]
It was created in 1860 for Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, a lawyer, Whig politician, and formerly Lord Chancellor, with remainder to his younger brother William Brougham. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He had already been created Baron Brougham and Vaux , of Brougham in the County of Westmorland, in 1830, also in the Peerage of the United ...
Lord Brougham enjoyed gambling; in 1932, he auctioned artefacts from Brougham Hall to pay off his debts, and in 1934, the Hall itself was sold. [4] In August 1953, Lord Brougham was declared bankrupt after having spent more than £125 000 on gambling, failed stock market speculation and a failed attempt to become a farmer.
Henry Charles Brougham, 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux KCVO JP DL (2 September 1836 – 24 May 1927), was a British aristocrat and civil servant. Brougham was the son of William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux , and Emily Frances Taylor, daughter of Sir Charles Taylor, 1st Baronet .
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Lord Brougham's Italianate Villa Eléonore Louise (one of the first in Cannes) was built between 1835 and 1839. Also known as the Quartier des Anglais, this is the oldest residential area in Cannes. Another landmark is the Villa Fiésole (known today as the Villa Domergue) designed by Jean-Gabriel Domergue in the style of Fiesole, near Florence ...
Brougham was the youngest son of Henry Brougham and Eleanor Syme, daughter of the Reverend James Syme. Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was his elder brother. He was educated at Edinburgh High School and Jesus College, Cambridge, [1] and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1823.