Baron Brougham and Vaux , of Brougham in the County of Westmorland and of

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in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1860 for the lawyer, Whig politician and former

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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, (; 19 September 1778 – 7 May 1868) was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor and played a prominent role in passing the 1832 Reform Act and 1833 Slavery Abolition Act. ...

, with remainder to his younger brother William Brougham. He had already been created Baron Brougham and Vaux, of Brougham in the County of Westmorland, in 1830, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. Dark red, white epaulets, red cap

On his death in 1868, the barony of 1830 became extinct as he had no sons, while he was succeeded in the barony of 1860 according to the special remainder by his brother William, who became the second Baron. William had earlier represented

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in the

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. , the title is held by William's great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1967. He is one of the ninety two elected

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s that were allowed to remain in the

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after the passing of the

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, and sits as a

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Barons Brougham and Vaux, first creation (1830)

* Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868)

Barons Brougham and Vaux, second creation (1860)

* Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868) *

William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (26 September 1795 – 3 January 1886), known as William Brougham until 1868, was a British barrister and Whig politician. Background and education Brougham was the youngest son of Henry Brougham a ...

(1795–1886) * Henry Charles Brougham, 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux (1836–1927) **Henry Brougham (1887–1927) * Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux (1909–1967) * Michael John Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux (b. 1938) The

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is the present holder's son, Charles William Brougham (b. 1971).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son, Henry George Brougham (b. 2012).

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