Educated at Edinburgh University, he was a founder of the Edinburgh Review in which he chastised Byron's Hours of Idleness; he defended Queen Caroline in her trial for adultery (1820), established the London University (1828), and was appointed lord chancellor (1830).

CORRESPONDENCE OF Henry Peter Brougham, first baron Brougham and Vaux:

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May?] 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May?] 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, April 1811 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Holland to Henry Brougham, [April 1811] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [June? 1811] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [1812] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May? 1812] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 22 May 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May] 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [October? 1812] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [January?] 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [January?] 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [February?] 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [April?] 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 6 April 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 20 April 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May?] 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lady Charlotte Lindsay to Henry Brougham, [May? 1813] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 10 May 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 15 September 1813 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [April?] 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [April?] 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [June 1814] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 29 June 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [July] 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 1 July 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 4 July 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 9 August 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 24 November 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 15 December 1814[?] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 28 December 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 17 January 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [February? 1815] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 8 March 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 7 November 1815 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 14 January 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May] 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May?] 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [June? 1816?] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 15 August 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 14 November 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 25 March 1817 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 1 April 1817 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [1819] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 5 February [1820] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 14 September 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [July?] 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 19 July 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 20 July 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Viscount Hood to Henry Brougham, 21 July 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 26 July 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 28 July 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Viscount Hood to Henry Brougham, 8 August 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Wilde to Henry Brougham, 8 August 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Stephen Lushington to Henry Brougham, 9 August 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 14 August 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 19 August 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 21 August 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 22 August 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 24 August 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, September 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [September 1822] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 14 September 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [March? 1823] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 5 August 1825 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Henry Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 20 August 1825 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 21 April 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 27 April 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [January] 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [1830] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 1830 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 1830 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

William Roscoe to Lord Brougham, [1830] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

William Roscoe to Lord Brougham, [December? 1830] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [1831] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Robert Southey, January 1831 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Lord Brougham, 1 February 1831 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Lord Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [September? 1831] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [1845 c.?] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [1845 c.?] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Francis Hodgson, [1849] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [11 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [16 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [16 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [18 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [21 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [25 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [28 June 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [2 July 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [7 July 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [11 July 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [16 July 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [24 July 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [12 August 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [8 September 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 22 November 1850 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 19 April 1851 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [2 July 1851] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [16 July 1851] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 31 August 1851 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 20 September 1851 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 12 October 1851 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 11 December 1851 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 3 February 1852 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 2 August 1852 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers to Samuel Rogers, 5 March [1853] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 1 October 1853 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 16 January 1855 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)