James Brougham (16 January 1780 – 22 December 1833) was a British Whig politician.

Background

Brougham was the second son of Henry Brougham and his wife Eleanor. She was the daughter of James Syme and the niece of William Robertson. His older brother was

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, (; 19 September 1778 – 7 May 1868) was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 1832 and Slavery A ...

, who served as

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,Ferguson (2009), p. 340 and one of his younger brothers was

William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (26 September 1795 – 3 January 1886), known as William Brougham until 1868, was a British barrister and Whig politician. Background and education Brougham was the youngest son of Henry Brougham ...

, who sat also in the

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as well as succeeded in the barony.

Career

Brougham entered the

British House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 memb ...

in 1826, having been elected for

Tregony Tregony (), sometimes in the past Tregoney, is a village and former civil parishes in England, civil parish, now in the parish of Tregony with Cuby, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies on the River Fal. In the village there is a post o ...

.Stenton and Lees (1976), p. 50 He represented the constituency until 1830 and sat then for Downton in the following year. In 1831, he was returned for

Winchelsea Winchelsea () is a town in the county of East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The current town, which was founded in 1288, replaced an earli ...

. After a year the constituency was abolished and Brougham stood successfully for

Kendal Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness, England. It lies within the River Kent's dale, from which its name is derived, just outside the boundary of t ...

, which had been established by the

Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45), enacted by the Whig government of Pri ...

. In the same year his brother Henry made him Registrar of Affidavits as well as Clerk of Letters Patent. Both offices were provided with a high salary and were executed by deputies. Brougham died in the next year at Brougham Hall, unmarried and childless, aged 53.Urban (1834), p. 331 His burial took place in

Skelton, Cumbria Skelton is a small village and civil parish about north west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the former route of the B5305 road, which is now about to the north. The parish had a population of 1,059 in 2001, increasi ...

and was only attended by his brothers.Urban (1834), p. 332

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brougham, James 1780 births 1833 deaths Cumbria MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Tregony Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Wiltshire UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies