Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 234 portraits
Brougham, a radical Whig lawyer and MP, tirelessly campaigned for the advancement of education and reform. In 1810, he eventually entered Parliament as a Whig and immediately promoted legislation against slave trading. He won popular renown for his spirited defence of Queen Caroline at her 'trial' (1820). As Lord Chancellor (1830-4) he played a leading part in drafting and promoting the Reform Bill (1832) with Lord Grey. Brougham co-founded the Whig periodical the Edinburgh Review (1802) with Sydney Smith. He helped establish the London Mechanics Institutes (1824), the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1826), and the non-denominational University College London (1828).
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 999
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by James Lonsdale
chalk, circa 1821
NPG 5038
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
replica by James Lonsdale
oil on canvas, 1821
NPG 361
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on panel, 1825
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3136
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt showing his pictures
by Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
watercolour, 1844
NPG 2772(28a)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Charles Hutton Lear
pen and ink, 1857
NPG 1457a
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Charles Hutton Lear
pen and ink, 1857
NPG 1457b
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; William Ewart Gladstone
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P481
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by (George) Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(5)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Adams-Acton
plaster cast of bust, 1867
NPG 1588
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Adams-Acton
marble bust, 1867
NPG 2004
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by (George) Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s
NPG x45589
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18274
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x38989
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Clarck, after Matthew B. Brady
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4712
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
possibly by Paul Emile Chappuis
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4719
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax5074
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux with his nephew
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x132275
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux with his nephew
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x4721
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x4717
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