NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868 NRA: Brougham, Henry Peter (1778-1868) 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, statesman, Lord Chancellor DNB: Brougham, Henry Peter, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), lord chancellor LBT ID: LdBroug1 VIAF ID: 34592194 LOC ID: n84123148 | B/BAP: 1778-09-19 DIED: 1868-05-07 |
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Educated at Edinburgh University, he was a founder of the Edinburgh
Review in which he chastised Byron's Hours of Idleness; he
defended Queen Caroline in her trial for adultery (1820), established the London University
(1828), and was appointed lord chancellor (1830). | |
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