Background
Brougham was the youngest son of Henry Brougham and Eleanor Syme, daughter of the Reverend James Syme.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Brougham was the youngest son of Henry Brougham and Eleanor Syme, daughter of the Reverend James Syme.
He was educated at Edinburgh High School and Jesus College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar, Lincoln"s Inn, in 1823.
Brougham was appointed a Master in Chancery in 1831, which he remained until the following year. In 1831 he was also returned to Parliament for Southwark, a seat he held until 1835. He was also lieutenant-colonel in the Cumberland Volunteers and served as a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Cumberland.
She died in April 1884.
Lord Brougham and Vaux survived her by two years and died in January, 1886, aged 90, at Brougham Hall, a gothic revival mansion, the building of which was largely overseen by William before he succeeded Henry as Baron Brougham.
10th United Kingdom Parliament. 11th United Kingdom Parliament.