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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

1778 - 1868

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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 Abolition Act 1833. Born in Edinburgh, Brougham helped found the Edinburgh Review in 1802 before moving to London, where he qualified as a barrister in 1808. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux has received more than 218,439 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux is the 15,533rd most popular politician (down from 13,152nd in 2019), the 4,205th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,263rd in 2019) and the 523rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 15,533 out of 19,576. Before him are Dhana Nanda, Shaukat Aziz, Paddy Ashdown, Abdulhashim Mutalov, Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, and Lothar Späth. After him are Adel Safar, Nina Bang, Viktor Putyatin, Javier de Burgos, Giorgio de' Buondelmonti, and Antonios Pepanos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 46. Before him are Mariano Moreno, Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Joseph Grimaldi, José de la Mar, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, and Francisco Manuel Blanco. After him are Javier de Burgos, Sahle Dengel, Robert Emmet, and Rembrandt Peale. Among people deceased in 1868, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 62. Before him are Gennaios Kolokotronis, Thaddeus Stevens, Júlia Szendrey, José María de Achá, Benizelos Roufos, and Carl Mayet. After him are Laura Secord, Manuel Ezequiel Bruzual, Mzilikazi, Howell Cobb, and Christian Friedrich Ecklon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 4,205 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Brandon Carter (1942), Ernest Mangnall (1866), William Dobson (1610), Ray Thomas (1941), and Raymond Briggs (1934). After him are Chad of Mercia (634), Steven Moffat (1961), John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), Robbie Fowler (1975), and Robert Herrick (1591).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux ranks 523. Before him are Michael Heseltine (1933), Arthur St. Clair (1737), Pybba of Mercia (570), Herbert Lawford (1851), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), and Humza Yousaf (1985). After him are John Morley (1838), Owain Gwynedd (1100), Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), and Amina J. Mohammed (1961).

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