THE LIFE AND TIMES 



OF 



HENRY LORD BROUGHAM. 



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MY BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD PRECOCITY, AS TOLD BY MY MOTHER 

 PARENTAGE AND ANCESTRY WHY MY FATHER SETTLED IN 

 EDINBURGH HIS MARRIAGE THERE MY MOTHER'S HIGHLAND 

 ANCESTRY, THROUGH THE STRUAN ROBERTSONS DEATH OF MY 

 PATERNAL GRANDFATHER SAVAGE FESTIVITIES AT HIS FUNE- 

 RAL ANECDOTES TOLD ME BY MY FATHER'S MOTHER CHAR- 

 ACTER OF MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER THE HIGH SCHOOL 



OF EDINBURGH DR ADAM THE RECTOR GILBERT STUART 



MY PROGRESS AT SCHOOL MY SCHOOLFELLOWS FAMILY 



REMINISCENCES ROBERTSON THE HISTORIAN AND HIS FATHER 



THE ADAMS JOHN CLERK OF ELDIN HIS NAVAL TACTICS 



LORD BUCHAN AND HIS BROTHERS TOM AND HARRY ERSKINE. 



I HAD frequently been asked by persons whose 

 opinion I value, to write a Life of myself, with some 

 account of the many great public events of my time. 

 In undertaking this task, I cannot but regret that 

 I did not some years ago begin to put down many 



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