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Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, c1861. Artist: Unknown
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Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, c1861. Brougham (1778-1868) defended Queen Caroline at her trial in 1820. He worked for the establishment of London University and the first Mechanic's Institute, and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge which published The Penny Magazine. In 1857 he founded the Social Science Association. From The Illustrated New of the World. (London, c1861).