The 5th Baron Brougham & Vaux, CBE 1938-2023

 The 5th Baron Brougham & Vaux, CBE, who died 27 August, 2023, aged 85, was a former deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, and one of the hereditary peers elected to the House of Lords in 1999.

Lord Bougham (pronounced 'Broom') and Vaux was one of the longest serving members of the Lords having taken his seat 55 years ago.

Lord Brougham served as a deputy chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords, a deputy speaker of the House of Lords from 1995 and was vice-chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers. He was president of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents from 1986 to 1989 (and vice-president since 1990), and was president of Safety Groups UK since it replaced the National Health and Safety Groups Council in 2005. He had also been chairman of the Tax Payers' Society from 1989 to 1991 and chairman of the European Secure Vehicle Alliance since 1992. In 1995, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for political services.

Michael John Brougham was born 2 August, 1938, son of the 4th Baron Brougham & Vaux (1909-1967), and his 2nd wife the former Jean Follett (1915-1992); and succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 20 June, 1967.

The peerage was created 22 May, 1860, for Henry Brougham, PC, FRS, who served as Lord Chancellor 1830-34, who played a prominent role in passing the 1832 Reform Act and 1833 Slavery Abolition Act.

Michael Brougham married three times - firstly, 20 July, 1963 (div 1967) Olivia Susan Gray (1941-1986), daughter of Rear Admiral Gordon Thomas Seccombe Gray, CB, DSC (1911-97), of Midhurst, by his wife the former Sonia Moore-Gwyn (1918-2001), scion of that landed gentry family; married 2ndly, 17 January, 1969 (div 1981), Catherine Jill Gulliver, 1st daughter of William Gulliver, of London; & married 3rdly, 14 September, 2022, Mrs Sezgin Petterson (nee Murad), who survives him.

Lord Brougham & Vaux leaves a daughter from his first marriage, the Hon Henrietta Louise (born 23 Feb, 1965), and a son from his second marriage, the Hon Charles William Brougham (born 9 November, 1971), who now succeeds as the 6th Baron Brougham & Vaux.

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