The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction - Volume 17, No. 496, June 27, 1831 by Various
page 32 of 58 (55%)
page 32 of 58 (55%)
|
of the Manor of Brougham, died without issue male, and the estate
was sold to one Bird, who was steward of the Clifford family; the heir male of the Brougham family then residing at Scales Hall, in Cumberland. About 1680, John Brougham of Scales, re-purchased the estate and manor of Brougham from Bird's grandson and entailed it on his nephew, from whom it passed by succession to the Lord Chancellor."] [Footnote 2: The reader will find a concise narrative of the case of Mr. Smith, at page 408, vol. iii. of the _Mirror_.] [Footnote 3: In one day, during his visits to the freeholders, Mr. Brougham spoke eight speeches to eight meetings, travelled 120 miles, and entered court the next morning, wigged and gowned as if he had never quitted his chambers.] [Footnote 4: _Spectator_ Newspaper, No. 126.] [Footnote 5: _Metropolitan_, edited by T. Campbell, Esq.--No. 1.] [Footnote 6: _Spirit of the Age; or, Contemporary Portraits_, 1825. By the late Mr. Hazlitt.] * * * * * INDEX. |
|