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Henry Brougham (1778–1868), 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

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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. He was renowned 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 in 1832 with Lord Grey. Brougham co-founded the Whig periodical 'The Edinburgh Review' in 1802 with Sydney Smith. He helped establish the London Mechanics Institutes in 1824, the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1826, and the non-denominational University College London in 1828, founded to provide education to all classes and creeds.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Henry Brougham (1778–1868), 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

Date

1867

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 63.5 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

1588

Acquisition method

donated by the artist's widow, Jean Adams-Acton, 1910

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

incised

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