Succeeding to his father's title in 1967, Brougham served as a deputy chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords, a deputy speaker of the House of Lords since 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.[1]
On 20 July 1963, he married Olivia Susan Gray and they had one daughter, Henrietta Louise (born 23 February 1965). He divorced his wife in 1967 and married Catherine Jill Gulliver. They had one son, Charles William Brougham (born 1971), who succeeded his father in the title.
Brougham died on 27 August 2023, at the age of 85.[2]
Arms
Coat of arms of Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux
Crest
A dexter arm in armour embowed Proper the hand holding a lucy fessewise Argent and charged on the elbow with a rose Gules.
Escutcheon
Gules a chevron between three lucies hauriant Argent.
Supporters
Dexter a lion Vert armed and langued Gules gorged with a vaux collar checky Or and of the second, sinister a stag Argent attired and unguled Or holding in the mouth a rose Gules barbed and seeded Vert.
Motto
Pro Rege Lege Grege (For The King The Law And The People)[3]
