Henry Brougham

Henry Brougham, FRSE, of Brougham Hall (1742–1810), was an important landowner in north west England whose estates extended throughout much of Westmorland. A Scots Advocate, in 1802 he relaunched the Edinburgh Review with the help of his son, who was later created Baron Brougham and Vaux. Life He was born at Scales Hall, Cumberland, on 18 June 1742, the son of Henry Brougham (d. 1782), Steward to the Duke of Norfolk, and Mary Freeman (1714–1807). His younger brother was Rev John Brougham FRSE (1748–1811). The family moved to Brougham Hall in 1756. Educated at Eton College, Brougham then trained as a lawyer at Gray's Inn from 1765, before marrying and moving to Edinburgh. He resided at No. 21, on the north side of St Andrew Square, in what was then, a brand new Georgian townhouse and it is here that he established himself in the Scots legal scene.