{{Short description|British politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} '''James Brougham''' (16 January 1780 – 22 December 1833)<ref name = "Urban (1834), p. 331"/> was a British [[Whig (British political party)|Whig]] politician.
==Background== Brougham was the second son of Henry Brougham and his wife Eleanor.<ref name = "Urban (1834), p. 331"/> She was the daughter of James Syme and the niece of [[William Robertson (historian)|William Robertson]].<ref name = "Urban (1834), p. 331"/> His older brother was [[Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux]], who served as [[Lord Chancellor]],<ref name = "Ferguson (2009), p. 340">Ferguson (2009), p. 340</ref> and one of his younger brothers was [[William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux]], who sat also in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] as well as succeeded in the barony.<ref>Cokayne (1912), p. 342</ref>
==Career== Brougham entered the [[British House of Commons]] in 1826, having been elected for [[Tregony (UK Parliament constituency)|Tregony]].<ref name = "Stenton and Lees (1976), p. 50">Stenton and Lees (1976), p. 50</ref> He represented the constituency until 1830 and sat then for [[Downton (UK Parliament constituency)|Downton]] in the following year.<ref name = "Stenton and Lees (1976), p. 50"/> In 1831, he was returned for [[Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Winchelsea]].<ref name = "Stenton and Lees (1976), p. 50"/> After a year the constituency was abolished and Brougham stood successfully for [[Kendal (UK Parliament constituency)|Kendal]], which had been established by the [[Reform Act 1832]].<ref name = "Stenton and Lees (1976), p. 50"/> In the same year his brother Henry made him [[Registrar of Affidavits]] as well as [[Clerk of Letters Patent]].<ref name = "Ferguson (2009), p. 340"/> Both offices were provided with a high salary and were executed by deputies.<ref name = "Ferguson (2009), p. 340"/> Brougham died in the next year at [[Brougham Hall]], unmarried and childless, aged 53.<ref name = "Urban (1834), p. 331">Urban (1834), p. 331</ref> His burial took place in [[Skelton, Cumbria]] and was only attended by his brothers.<ref>Urban (1834), p. 332</ref>
==Notes== {{reflist|2}}
==References== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *{{cite book | last = Ferguson | first = Richard Saul | title = Cumberland and Westmorland MP's from the Restoration to the Reform Bill of 1867, 1660–1867 | publisher = BiblioBazaar Llc. | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-1-113-67443-2 }} *{{cite book | last = Sylvanus | first = Urban | title = The Gentleman's Magazine | location = London | publisher = William Pickering | year = 1834 | volume = part I }} *{{cite book |editor= Michael Stenton |editor2=Stephen Lees | title = Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: 1832–1875 | location = Brighton | publisher = Harvester Press | year = 1976 | isbn = 0-85527-219-8 }} *{{cite book | last = Cokayne | first = George Edward | editor = Vicary Gibbs | publisher = The St Catherine Press Ltd. | title = The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom | volume = II | year = 1912 | location = London }} }}
==External links== *{{Hansard-contribs | mr-james-brougham | James Brougham }}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef| before = [[James O'Callaghan]] <br /> [[Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland|Viscount Barnard]] }} {{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Tregony (UK Parliament constituency)|Tregony]] | with = [[Stephen Lushington (judge)|Stephen Lushington]] | years = [[1826 United Kingdom general election|1826]]–[[1830 United Kingdom general election|1830]] }} {{s-aft| after = [[James Adam Gordon]] <br /> [[James Mackillop]] }}
{{s-bef| before = [[Bartholomew Bouverie]] <br /> [[Alexander Powell]] }} {{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Downton (UK Parliament constituency)|Downton]] | with = [[Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley|Charles Shaw-Lefevre]] 1830–1831 | with2 = [[Thomas Creevey]] 1831 | years = [[1830 United Kingdom general election|1830]]–[[1831 United Kingdom general election|1831]] }} {{s-aft| after = [[Thomas Creevey]] <br /> [[Philip Pleydell Bouverie]] }}
{{s-bef| before = [[John Williams (1777–1846)|John Williams]] <br /> [[Stephen Lushington (judge)|Stephen Lushington]] }} {{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Winchelsea]] | with = [[John Williams (1777–1846)|John Williams]] | years = [[1831 United Kingdom general election|1831]]–[[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]] }} {{s-non| reason = Constituency abolished }}
{{s-new|constituency}} {{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Kendal (UK Parliament constituency)|Kendal]] | years = [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]–[[1833 Kendal by-election|1833]] }} {{s-aft| after = [[John Foster-Barham]] }} {{s-end}}
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