Family and Education
b. 19 Sept. 1778, 1st s. of Henry Brougham of Brougham Hall by Eleanor, o. ch. of Rev. James Syme, minister of Alloa, Perth. educ. Edinburgh h.s. 1785-91; Edinburgh Univ. 1792; north European tour 1799; adv. 1800; L. Inn 1803, called 1808. m. 1 Apr. 1819, Mary Anne, da. of Thomas Eden of Wimbledon, Surr., yr. bro. of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland [I], wid. of John Spalding, 2da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1810; cr. Baron Brougham and Vaux 22 Nov. 1830.
Offices Held
Charity commr. 1818 – 37.
Attorney-gen. to the Queen Apr. 1820–1; patent of precedence May 1827; ld. chancellor Nov. 1830 – Nov. 1834; PC 22 Nov. 1830.
Rector, Glasgow Univ. 1824–6.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Brougham Hall, Westmld.
Notes
To Brougham, Life and Times (3 vols. 1871), his doctored version of his life and correspondence, the Brougham mss at Univ. College London have been preferred. Brougham and his Early Friends ed. Buddle Atkinson and Jackson (3 vols. 1908) covers his early career, and the most recent biographies are by Chester New, Brougham to 1830 (1961) and Frances Hawes, Henry Brougham (1957). A. Aspinall, Lord Brougham and the Whig Party (1927) remains an authoritative source on his political career.
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Commons 1790-1820
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BROUGHAM, Henry Peter (1778-1868)
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