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The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham Henry Brougham

The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham By Henry Brougham

The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham by Henry Brougham


Summary

Henry Brougham (1778-1868), later Lord Brougham and Vaux, was educated as a lawyer, and moved in radical political circles, becoming Lord Chancellor in Lord Grey's Whig government, where he was instrumental in the passing of the 1832 Reform Act. This three-volume autobiography was published posthumously in 1871.

The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham Summary

The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham: Written by Himself by Henry Brougham

A child prodigy, Henry Brougham (1778-1868), later Lord Brougham and Vaux, entered in 1792 the University of Edinburgh, where he focused on mathematics and then law, while his amateur scientific studies led him to become a fellow of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-five. Called to both the Scottish and English bars, and moving in radical political circles, he became famous as a defender of free speech, a passionate abolitionist, and co-founder of the Edinburgh Review. After many years as an MP, he was given a peerage in 1830 and became Lord Chancellor in Lord Grey's Whig government, where he was instrumental in the passing of the 1832 Reform Act. This three-volume autobiography was published posthumously in 1871, with additional notes. Volume 3 covers the period of Brougham's chancellorship, and his later career as a radical politician, ending with some pen-portraits of notable contemporaries, including Lords Holland and Palmerston.

Table of Contents

To the reader; Prefatory note; 19. Elected Rector of the University of Glasgow; 20. Accession of William IV; 21. The Grey cabinet; 22. State of public feeling; 23. The king, the duke of Sussex, and Sir Auguste d'Este; 24. Holland, Belgium, and the siege of Antwerp; 25. Bishop Phillpotts; 26. The position of the Grey cabinet; 27. The situation on Lord Grey's retirement; 28. Personal sketches of eminent contemporaries; Appendix A.

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NLS9781108078436
9781108078436
1108078435
The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham: Written by Himself by Henry Brougham
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Cambridge University Press
2015-03-19
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