William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux

William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux DL, JP (26 September 1795 – 3 January 1886), known as William Brougham until 1868, was a British barrister and Whig politician.

The Right Honourable The Lord Brougham and Vaux DL, JP
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 7 May 1868 – 3 January 1886 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	The 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
Succeeded by	The 3rd Baron Brougham and Vaux
Member of Parliament for Southwark
In office 1 June 1831 – 6 February 1835
Preceded by	Sir Robert Wilson
Succeeded by	Daniel Whittle Harvey
Personal details
Born	26 September 1795
Died	3 January 1886(1886-01-03) (aged 90)
Political party	Liberal Whig
Spouse	Emily Frances Taylor ​ ​ (m. 1834; died 1884)​
Children	6
Parent(s)	Henry Brougham Eleanor Syme
Alma mater	Lincoln's Inn

Background and education

Brougham was the youngest son of Henry Brougham and Eleanor Syme, daughter of the Reverend James Syme. Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was his elder brother. He was educated at Edinburgh High School and Jesus College, Cambridge,^[1] and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1823.

Career

Brougham was appointed a Master in Chancery in 1831, which he remained until the following year. In 1831 he was also returned to Parliament for Southwark, a seat he held until 1835.^[2] He was also lieutenant-colonel in the Cumberland Volunteers and served as a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Cumberland. In 1868 he succeeded his elder brother as second Baron Brougham and Vaux according to a special remainder in the letters patent, and was able to take a seat in the House of Lords.

Family

Lord Brougham and Vaux married Emily Frances, daughter of Sir Charles William Taylor, 1st Baronet, in 1834. They had three sons and three daughters. She died in April 1884. Lord Brougham and Vaux survived her by two years and died in January, 1886, aged 90, at Brougham Hall, a gothic revival mansion, the building of which was largely overseen by William before he succeeded Henry as Baron Brougham.^[3] He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, Henry.

Arms

Coat of arms of William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux

Crest A dexter arm in armour embowed Proper the hand holding a lucy fessewise Argent and charged on the elbow with a rose Gules. Escutcheon Gules a chevron between three lucies hauriant Argent. Supporters Dexter a lion Vert armed and langued Gules gorged with a vaux collar checky Or and of the second, sinister a stag Argent attired and unguled Or holding in the mouth a rose Gules barbed and seeded Vert. Motto Pro Rege Lege Grege (For The King The Law and the People)[4]