Brougham

Henry Peter, Lord Brougham and Vaux, a British statesman, orator, and author, born in Edinburgh, Sept. 19, 1778; entered the University of Edinburgh in 1792. In 1802 he helped to found the ‘ Edinburgh Review,” contributing to the first four numbers 21 articles, and to the first 20 numbers 80 articles. The article on Byron’s “ Hours of Idlene *? provoked the poet to write his “Wnglish Bards and Scotch Review ors.” In 1810 Brougham entered Parliament, where his remarkable eloquence gave him at once a commanding place. He was counsel for Queen Caroline in George IV.’s suit against her (1820), winning a decisive victory, which raised him to the height of fame and popularity. He became Lord Chancellor in 1880, and was at the same time created a baron; he resigned on the defeat of the Whigs in 1834, and never again held public yffice, though still taking effective part in the busine and debates of the House of Lords. He died in Cannes, france, May 7, 1868.