The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham - Written by Himself (Paperback)

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 3 covers the period of Brougham's chancellorship, and his later career as a radical politician, ending with some pen-portraits of notable contemporaries, including Lords Holland and Palmerston.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century, Volume 3
Release date:	March 2015
Authors:	Henry Brougham
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	542
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07843-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General
LSN:	1-108-07843-5
Barcode:	9781108078436

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