Brougham Papers: James Brougham correspondence and papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 BROUGHAM J
Held at	: University College London - click here to see details of the physical location of collection
Full title	: Brougham Papers: James Brougham correspondence and papers
Date(s)	: 1796-1833
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of Brougham Papers View parent record
Extent	: 32 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Brougham | James | 1780-1833 | MP

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1780; a member of the Brougham family of Brougham Hall, Westmorland, and brother of Henry, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), John Waugh (1785-1829) and William, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (1795-1886); a barrister; had the management of the Brougham estates; helped his brother Henry in his election campaigns in Westmorland; MP for Tregony, 1826; MP for Downton, 1830; MP for Winchelsea, 1831; MP for Kendal, 1832; granted office as Registrar of Affadavits and Clerk of Letters Patent, both performed by a deputy, 1832; died, 1833.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence and papers, 1796-1833, of James Brougham. Letters to James Brougham, 1796-1833 and undated, from c450 correspondents, among them members of the Brougham family, aristocrats, Queen Caroline (four letters, 1819 and undated), and many others, with particular accumulations from James Abercromby, Baron Dunfermline (34 letters, 1830-1833), Samuel Anderson (11 letters, 1822-1831 and undated), James Atkinson (28 letters, 1818-[1833]), Elizabeth Bamber (ten letters, 1813-1822 and undated), John Forster Barham (21 letters, 1829-1833 and undated), William Blamire (12 letters, 1817-1833 and undated), Alexander Brodie (13 letters, 1831-1833), John Waugh Brougham (25 letters, 1817-1828), William Brougham, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (35 letters, [1819]-1829 and undated), Pietro Codazzi (13 letters, 1819-1821), John Hamilton MacGill Darymple, 8th Earl of Stair (ten letters, 1827-1833), William Dobinson (16 letters, 1826-1833), Sir Francis Walker Drummond (13 letters, 1827-1833), John Edmunds (12 letters, 1818-1826 and undated), Hon Charles Elphinstone Fleming (13 letters, 1819-1833 and undated), Alexander John Forsyth (63 letters, 1807-1833 and undated), Alexander Gordon (ten letters, 1815-1832), James Hamilton (48 letters, 1807-1833 and undated), Jabez Henry (12 letters, 1820-1821), Henry Howard (of Corby) (17 letters, 1826-1832 and undated), John Archibald Murray, Lord Murray (13 letters, 1828-1833), John Russell (22 letters, 1810-1832), Sir George Strickland (44 letters, 1818-1833 and undated), James Stuart (13 letters, 1822-1833 and undated), George Thompson (of Appleby) (38 letters, 1818-1833), John Thomson (33 letters, 1818, 1825-1831), Sarah Thomson (17 letters, 1832), Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet (27 letters, 1814-1822), Masterton Ure (17 letters, 1809-1830), William Vizard (64 letters, 1816-[1832] and undated), Edward Wakefield (13 letters, 1831-1833), Richard Wilson (23 letters, 1832-1833), and Thomas Wybergh (ten letters, 1815-1827). Letters and papers, 1804-1833, of James Brougham, including letters to his father Henry Brougham (26 letters, 1804-[1810]) and to his brother William (11 letters, 1813, [1833] and undated), on subjects including family affairs and news, his brother Henry's political career, current affairs, and local affairs in Cumberland and Westmorland; to James Loch (11 letters, 1822-1830 and undated); to Queen Caroline (10 letters, 1818-[1820] and undated), primarily relating to her financial affairs; and other papers on subjects including Queen Caroline's trial, and affairs in Westmorland. Owing to his management of the Brougham family estates, much of James Brougham's correspondence deals with its problems and therefore contains material of local interest, mentioning Westmorland people and events.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Letters to James Brougham are stored alphabetically by correspondent (29 boxes). James Brougham's letters are largely stored alphabetically by correspondent, with a few letters to unknown people and other papers (3 boxes).

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Finding aids:

Each item is separately indexed in a card index at University College London Special Collections, with a note of date and summary of content. The cards are arranged by the writer's name. An alphabetical handlist of correspondents for James Brougham's in-correspondence, giving numbers of letters and dates, is also available at UCL

Archival Information

Archival history:

Part of the Brougham Papers.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received by University College London with the other Brougham Papers in 1953.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Other sub-fonds of the Brougham Papers at University College London Special Collections include letters from James Brougham, to James Atkinson (Ref: BROUGHAM A) and to Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (in the numerical sequence of Henry Brougham's in-correspondence), and letters from Henry Brougham to James Brougham (Ref: BROUGHAM BL). The sub-fonds family and estate papers contains further information on the family estates and local affairs.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
May 2001