Henry Brougham (1778-1868) was one of Britain's leading reform politicians of the nineteenth century. Through the force of his oratory before Parliament, Brougham helped win passage of some of the cou...
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Among the political figures of nineteenth-century England, none was more controversial, witty, volatile, or prolific than Henry Brougham, the lawyer-politician whose name for many epitomized reform. H...
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Francis Horner, a friend of Brougham from early childhood and a colleague on the Whig benches at Westminster, predicted in 1804, when Brougham was setting out on his legal and political careers, that ...
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