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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

1778 - 1868

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Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, (; 19 September 1778 – 7 May 1868) was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 1832 and Slavery Abolition Act 1833. Born in Edinburgh, Brougham helped found the Edinburgh Review in 1802 before moving to London, where he qualified as a barrister in 1808. Elected to the House of Commons in 1810 as a Whig, he was Member of Parliament for various constituencies until becoming a peer in 1830. Brougham won popular renown for helping defeat the 1820 Pains and Penalties Bill, an attempt by the widely disliked George IV to annul his marriage to Caroline of Brunswick. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux is the 15,537th most popular politician (down from 15,530th in 2019), the 4,290th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,206th in 2019) and the 542nd most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 15,537 out of 19,576. Before him are Yan Gamarnik, Jill Evans, Tulsi Gabbard, John P. Kennedy, Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, and Mirko Šarović. After him are Whitney Smith, Ceolwulf I of Mercia, José Hilario López, Adnan Badran, Aleksander Prystor, and Robert Buron.

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Among people born in 1778, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 47. Before him are William Hazlitt, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, Mariano Moreno, José de la Mar, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, and Joseph Grimaldi. After him are Javier de Burgos, Robert Emmet, and Rembrandt Peale. Among people deceased in 1868, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 60. Before him are Júlia Szendrey, Gennaios Kolokotronis, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, William Rutter Dawes, Nestor Kukolnik, and Thaddeus Stevens. After him are Laura Secord, Carl Mayet, Benizelos Roufos, Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual, José María de Achá, and Howell Cobb.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 4,291 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Burns (1971), Ireen Sheer (1949), Jill Evans (1959), Hugh Dancy (1975), Brian Henton (1946), and Horace Lamb (1849). After him are Saint Mungo (518), Henry Sweet (1845), Arthur Berry (1888), Pat Barker (1943), Paul Ince (1967), and Roy Ward Baker (1916).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 542. Before him are William Warham (1450), Tommy Douglas (1904), Stephen Gardiner (1497), Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), and Jill Evans (1959). After him are Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132), Michael Heseltine (1933), Stephen Barclay (1972), and Martin McGuinness (1950).

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