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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

(1778-1868), Lord Chancellor

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter associated with 280 portraits
A radical Whig lawyer and MP, Brougham campaigned for the advancement of education and reform. Entering Parliament in 1810 as a Whig, he promoted legislation against slave trading. Renown for his defence of Queen Caroline at her 1820 'trial'. As Lord Chancellor 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), founded to provide education to all classes and creeds.

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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, by Maull & Polyblank - NPG Ax7270

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published August 1857
NPG Ax7270

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, by Herbert Watkins - NPG x45589

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s (7 March 1857)
NPG x45589

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, by Robert Jefferson Bingham - NPG Ax38680

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax38680

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, by John Clarck, after  Mathew B. Brady - NPG x4712

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by John Clarck, after Mathew B. Brady
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x4712

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, by Caldesi, Blanford & Co - NPG Ax5074

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax5074

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