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Sir Henry Brougham by John Adams Acton 1867. Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, PC, FRS (/ ˈ b r uː (ə) m ... ˈ v oʊ k s /; 19 September 1778 – 7 May 1868) was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 1832 and Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
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 ...
Michael John Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux (2 August 1938 – 27 August 2023), was a British peer and a member of the House of Lords from 1968 until his death.
The Baron Brougham and Vaux: 1860: Charles Brougham, 6th Baron Brougham and Vaux: Henry Brougham The Baron Westbury: 1861: Richard Bethell, 6th Baron Westbury: Alexander Bethell The Baron Annaly: 1863: Luke White, 6th Baron Annaly: Luke White The Baron Northbrook: 1866: Francis Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook: none: The Baron Hylton: 1866: Raymond ...
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.
Brougham's father, Henry Brougham, was the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux, but predeceased his father, dying just 20 days before his father in May 1927. Victor Brougham succeeded to the title upon his grandfather's death on 24 May 1927. Brougham was married three times,
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 .
Henry Brougham 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux: 24 November 1830 21 November 1834 Whig: Grey: Baron Brougham and Vaux in 1860 Melbourne I: John Copley 1st Baron Lyndhurst: 21 November 1834 8 April 1835 Conservative: Wellington Caretaker — Peel I: In commission: Charles Pepys, Master of the Rolls; Lancelot Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor of England ...