Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
(1778-1868), Lord ChancellorRegency 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.
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by James Lonsdale
chalk, circa 1821
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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 18 on Floor 3 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
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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 Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, 7 March 1857
NPG P301(5)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Adams-Acton
plaster cast of bust, 1867
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Adams-Acton
marble bust, 1867
NPG 2004
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published August 1857
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, 7 March 1857
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s (7 March 1857)
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
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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
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
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