Victor Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux

Victor Brougham succeeded to the title upon his grandfather's death on 24 May 1927.

Brougham was married three times, Brougham made his maiden speech in the House of Lords on 8 May 1934, in a debate on Parliamentary Reform, making a strong defence of democracy, concluding "Unless our Parliamentary system adapts itself very soon to the needs of the day, and unless it consciously reforms itself so as to carry out the functions demanded of Governments in modern circumstances, it will be done away with here as surely as it has disappeared in Russia, Germany and Italy.

"[3] He fought in the Second World War and gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Scots Guards.

After the war, he served in the Territorial Army, reaching the rank of major.

[4] In August 1953, Lord Brougham was declared bankrupt after having spent more than £125 000 on gambling, failed stock market speculation and a failed attempt to become a farmer.