Born in Edinburgh. Died in Cannes, France, where, despite the plaque in Grafton Street, he apparently spent much of his last 30 years, indeed he seems to have effectively created Cannes. As a young man he studied science and at some point designed the first four-wheeled, one-horse carriage, known as a "brougham". A strong supporter of the campaign to abolish slavery.
If you have some French you'll find the Picture Source website well worth a visit (sadly, 2016 this link is now dead).
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Henry Peter, Lord Brougham
Due to strong shadows it was only on our fourth visit that we managed to take...
This may have been some sort of official address but it seems he actually liv...
Founded at a meeting in Almack's / Willis's Rooms, when 280 Whig, Liberal, former Peelite and radical MPs met to agree on a strategy to remove Lord Derby's Conservative government. The Guardian re...
Despite the 1872 year of birth shown on the plaque on McGlashon House in Hunton Street, London, E1, Hugh William McGlashon was born on 10 February 1873, in Limehouse, the third of the six children ...
Vice-Chairman of the Shoreditch Housing Committee in 1949. Elected onto the LCC in 1949.
Had a career in advertising before being elected to Westminster City Council, where she was a ward councillor for Bryanston and Dorset Square for 13 years. She served as Lord Mayor of Westminster i...
Prime Minister. Born Edinburgh.
Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Scotland
