Background
He was born on 18 June 1742, the son of Henry Brougham (d1782), Steward to the Duke of Norfolk, and Mary Freeman (1714-1807).
He was born on 18 June 1742, the son of Henry Brougham (d1782), Steward to the Duke of Norfolk, and Mary Freeman (1714-1807).
He owned huge tracts of land in Westmorland. In later years he was an advocate in Scotland. He was born at Scales Hall in Cumbria.
The family moved to Brougham Hall in 1756.
He was educated at Eton college. He then trained as a lawyer at Gray’s Inn in London from 1765.
Following marriage he moved to Edinburgh, living on the north side of Street Andrew Square, at no.21, in what was then, a brand new Georgian townhouse. Here he became part of the Scottish legal landscape.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1784, one of his proposers being his father-in-law, William Robertson.
He died on 13 February 1810 in Edinburgh and is buried in Restalrig Churchyard on the east side of the city. Family and Private Their eldest son was Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868). Their youngest son, William (1795-1886) succeeded to the baronetcy in 1868, all other sons being dead by that date.