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1868. _Life and times of Lord Brougham 3 vols._ 1871, _portrait_;
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_Lord Campbell’s Lives of the Chancellors viii_, 213–596; _Law
mag. and law review xxiv_, 177–236 (1868); _W. C. Taylor’s
National portrait gallery i_. 62–5 (1846), _portrait_; _Maclise
Portrait gallery_ (1883) 81–7, _portrait_; _A bibliographical list
of Lord Brougham’s publications, by the author of The handbook of
fictitious names_ [_Ralph Thomas_] 1873.
NOTE.—The result of Queen Caroline’s trial made him
extraordinarily popular and the Brougham’s Head became a
common tavern sign; at time of passing of the Reform bill
plaster casts of his head were sold by tens of thousands. His
quarrel with Canning in the House of Commons 17 April 1823 was
paraphrased by Dickens in the opening chapter of Pickwick. All
the morning papers except the Times of Tuesday 22 Oct. 1839
contained leading articles on the sudden death of Lord
Brougham with biographical sketches of him. He is depicted by
Disraeli as ‘Foaming Fudge’ in Vivian Grey 1827, and by T. L.
Peacock as ‘the learned friend’ in Crotchet Castle 1831.
BROUGHAM, WILLIAM BROUGHAM, 2 Baron (_brother of the preceding_).
_b._ 26 Sep. 1795; ed. at Edin. and Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1819,
M.A. 1822; barrister L.I. 9 May 1823; master in chancery 29 March
1831 to 2 Nov. 1852, when granted pension of £3225 on abolition of
his office by 15 and 16 Vict. cap. 80; M.P. for Southwark 29 April
1831 to 29 Dec. 1834; contested Leeds 9 Jany. 1835; succeeded 7
May 1868. _d._ Brougham hall near Penrith 3 Jany. 1886. _Law Times
lxxx_, 175 (1886).
BROUGHAM, JOHN. _b._ Dublin 9 May 1814; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub.;
made his début at Tottenham st. theatre London in extravaganza of
_Tom and Jerry_ July 1830; played at Olympic and Covent Garden;
manager of Lyceum 1840–2; managed Niblo’s Garden New York; opened
a new theatre in Broadway N.Y. called Brougham’s Lyceum 15 Oct.
1850; lessee of Bowery theatre N.Y. 7 July 1856; played in London
1860–5 and in America 1865–79; opened Brougham’s theatre 25 Jany.
1869; edited a comic paper in New York called _The Lantern_ 1852;
author of nearly 80 dramatic pieces; said to have been original of
Harry Lorrequer in Lever’s novel. _d._ 60 East Ninth st. New York
7 June 1880. _Life of J. Brougham edited by W. Winter_ 1881,
_portrait_; _Ireland’s Records of New York stage ii_, 178, 210,
384, 594, 655 (1867); _The Oddfellow i_, 65 (1839), _portrait_.
BROUGHTON, JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, 1 Baron (_eld. son of Sir Benjamin
Hobhouse, 1 baronet 1757–1831_). _b._ Redland near Bristol 27 June
1786; ed. at Westminster and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1808, M.A.
1811; visited Greece and Turkey with Lord Byron 1809–10 who
dedicated to him fourth canto of _Childe Harold_ for which he
wrote the explanatory notes; F.R.S. 19 May 1814; imprisoned in
Newgate 14 Dec. 1819 to 29 Jany. 1820 for publishing a pamphlet
called _The trifling mistake_; M.P. for Westminster 1820–33 for
Nottingham 1834–47 and for Harwich 1848–51; active member of the
Greek Committee in London 1823–24; one of the 6 founders of Royal
Geographical Society 1830; sec. of state for war 1 Feb. 1832 to 4
April 1833; chief sec. for Ireland 28 March to 17 May 1833; first
comr. of woods and forests 19 July to 31 Dec. 1834; pres. of Board
of control 29 April 1835 to 9 Sep. 1841 and 10 July 1846 to Feb.
1852; P.C. 6 Feb. 1832; colonel of Wilts. militia 8 Feb. 1840 to
death; created Baron Broughton of Broughton de Gyfford, Wilts. 26
Feb. 1851; G.C.B. 23 Feb. 1852; author of _Imitations and
translations from the classics, with original poems_ 1809;
_Journey through Albania and other provinces of Turkey with Lord
Byron_ 1812, _2 ed._ 1818; _Substance of some letters written by
an Englishman resident at Paris during the last reign of Napoleon
2 vols._ 1816. _d._ 42 Berkeley sq. London 3 June 1869. Personalty
sworn under £250,000 14 Aug. 1869. _Recollections of a long life
by the late Lord Broughton De Gyfford 5 vols. privately printed
1865_; _Edinburgh Review cxxxiii_, 287–337 (1871); _Maclise
Portrait gallery_ (1883) 372–8, _portrait_; _I.L.N. liv_, 602, 624
(1869), _portrait_.
BROUGHTON, REV. SIR HENRY DELVES, 8 Baronet. _b._ 10 Jany. 1777; ed.
at Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1801, M.A. 1805; P.C. of Broughton
Staffs. 1803 to death; succeeded 9 Aug. 1847. _d._ Broughton hall,
Staffs. 3 Nov. 1851.
BROUGHTON, ROBERT EDWARDS. Barrister I.T. 6 May 1825; police
magistrate at Worship st. London 1827–54, and at Marylebone 1854
to death; F.R.S. 17 Feb. 1842. _d._ 33 Dorset sq. London 29 June
1860 aged 79.
BROUGHTON, WILLIAM EDWARD DELVES (_2 son of Thomas Broughton of Ham
Common, Surrey who d. 24 Jany. 1846_). _b._ 30 April 1802; 2
Lieut. R.E. 6 Aug. 1825; comr. to survey northern boundaries of
British possessions in North America June 1840 to 31 March 1845;
colonel R.E. 18 April 1860; colonel commandant 19 June 1872 to
death; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 8 Crescent, Surbiton, Surrey 5
April 1880.
BROUGHTON, RIGHT REV. WILLIAM GRANT (_eld. son of Grant Broughton_).
_b._ Bridge st. Westminster 22 May 1788; ed. at Barnet gr. sch.
and King’s sch. Canterbury; clerk in treasury department of East
India house 1807–12; resident member of Pemb. hall Cam. Oct. 1814,
6 wrangler 1818, B.A. 1818, M.A. 1823, D.D. 1836; C. of Hartley
Wespall, Hants. 1818–27; C. of Farnham 1827; chaplain of Tower of
London 6 Oct. 1828 to 24 June 1829; archdeacon of New South Wales
7 Dec. 1828, sworn into office 17 Sep. 1829; bishop of Australia
18 Jany. 1836, consecrated in Lambeth palace chapel 14 Feb. 1836;
installed in St. James’s church Sydney 2 June 1836; bishop of
Sydney and metropolitan of Australasia 25 June 1847 to death. _d._
11 Chester st. Belgrave sq. London 20 Feb. 1853. _bur._ south
aisle of Canterbury cath. 26 Feb. _Sermons on the Church of
England by the Right Rev. W. G. Broughton edited with prefatory
memoir by B. Harrison_ 1857; _G.M. xxxix_, 431–6 (1853); _J.
Bonwick’s Curious facts of old colonial days_ (1870) 34–56.
BROUN, JOHN ALLAN (_son of Mr. Broun of Dumfries, schoolmaster who
d. about 1837_). _b._ Dumfries 21 Sep. 1817; ed. at Univ. of
Edin.; director of Sir T. M. Brisbane’s magnetic observatory at
Makerstoun, co. Dumfries 1842–9; director of observatory at
Trevandrum, South India Jany. 1852 to April 1865; built an
observatory on the Agustia Malley 6200 feet above the sea 1855;
discovered that changes in daily mean horizontal force are nearly
the same all over the globe, his researches contributed largely to
establish meteorology on a scientific basis; F.R.S. 2 June 1853,
Royal medallist 1878; author of _Observations of magnetic
declination made at Trevandrum and Agustia Malley_ 1873 and of
more than 50 papers in scientific journals. _d._ 9 Abercorn place,
London 22 Nov. 1879. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxx_, 3–6 (1880).
BROUN, SIR RICHARD, 8 Baronet (_eld. son of Sir James Broun of
Colston park, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, 7 Baronet who d. 30 Nov.
1844_). _b._ Lochmaben 22 April 1801; a knight of St. John of
Jerusalem 28 July 1835, registrar 8 March 1837, sec. of the Langue
of that order in England 24 June 1839, K.C.J.J. and G.C.J.J. 24
June 1841; hon. sec. of Committee of the baronetage for sustaining
rights and privileges of the Order 15 July 1840 to death; demanded
inauguration as a knight on account of being eldest son of a
baronet, on the Lord Chamberlain’s refusal to present him to the
Queen for this purpose, he assumed title of Sir and addition of
“Eques auratus” June 1842; projected The London Necropolis and
national mausoleum at Woking 1849 which was incorporated 1852.
_d._ Sphinx lodge, Chelsea, London 10 Dec. 1858.
BROUN, SIR WILLIAM, 9 Baronet. _b._ July 1804; ed. at Univ. of
Edin.; admitted procurator 1829; dean of Faculty of procurators
for county of Dumfries; succeeded 10 Dec. 1858. _d._ 7 Irving st.
Dumfries 10 June 1882.
BROWELL, REV. WILLIAM ROBERT. Educ. at Pemb. coll. Ox., B.A. 1828,
M.A. 1831, fellow and tutor of his college; public examiner 1834;
R. of Beaumont-cum-Mose Essex 1839 to death; translated _Count
Carnot’s Reflexions on the metaphysical principles of the
infinitesimal analysis_ 1832; edited _Carwithen’s History of the
Church of England_ 1849. _d._ Beaumont rectory 15 Aug. 1867.
BROWN, REV. ANDREW MORTON. _b._ parish of Loudown, Ayrshire 12 March
1812; ed. at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin.; Congregational minister
at Overton, Hants.; minister at Poole 1837–43; minister of
Highbury chapel Cheltenham 8 Jany. 1843 to death; chairman of
Congregational Union of England and Wales 1854; author of _The
leader of the Lollards, his times and trials_ 1848; _Salvation and
the way to secure it_, _3 ed._ 1851; _Evenings with the prophets,
a series of memoirs and meditations_ 1854; _Peden the prophet a
tale of the covenanters founded on fact_ 1859. _d._ Bridport 17
July 1879. _Waddington’s Congregational history v_, 596–8 (1880);
_Congregational year book_ (1880) 310–12.
BROWN, CHARLES PHILIP (_son of Rev. David Brown 1763–1812, provost
of Calcutta College_). _b._ Calcutta 1798; ed. at Haileybury
college; entered Madras civil service 1817; Persian translator to
Madras government 1838; postmaster general and Telugu translator
1846–55; presented his fine collection of manuscripts including
over 2000 Sanskrit and Telugu works to Madras Literary Society
1845; one of the foremost South Indian scholars; author of
_Prosody of the Telugu and Sanskrit languages_ 1826; _Dictionaries
of Telugu-English and English-Telugu 2 vols._ _Madras_ 1852;
_Grammar of the Telugu language_ 1840, _2 ed._ 1857, and many
other works some of which were translated into Tamil, Canarese and
Hindustani. _d._ 22 Kildare gardens, Paddington, London 12 Dec.
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