The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham
Written by Himself

This three-volume autobiography by Henry Brougham, radical politician and reforming Lord Chancellor, was published posthumously in 1871.

Henry Brougham (Author)

9781108078429, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 March 2015

534 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg

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 2 covers the period 1811–28, including the scandal of George IV's marriage, during which Brougham advised Queen Caroline.

To the reader
Note to the second edition of Volume 1
10. The Orders in Council
11. Home and foreign politics
12. The Prince and Princess of Wales
13. The Princess of Wales and the Princess Charlotte
14. The Princess of Wales and the Princess Charlotte (cont.)
15. The income-tax
16. The trial of Queen Caroline
17. The northern circuit
18. The proceedings against the queen.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]