THE LATE LORD BROUGHAM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND TIMES. Sir,—ln your paper of yesterday you begin a paragraph as follows :—“ It was the late Lord Brougham, we believe, who spread a false report of his own death in order that he might have the pleasure of reading obituary notices of himself in the papers.” It is, I think, due to the memory of this great man to have such a statement either verified or refuted. It appears that such a report was circulated some time before Lord Brougham’s death, as it is noticed in a little work of Messrs. Chambers, on the lives of eminent men, while he was stil Hiving and in good health, but there is nothing to show that it could be traced to himself. That a man of the late Lord Brougham's mind—a philanthropist, philosopher, statesman, and jurist—one of the greatest mcu # of his age, if not the greatest, and whose latter end was, to all appearance, that of a truly Christian man, should have committed so foolish and wicked an act as to spread a report of his own death, seems so incongruous that it is difficult of belief. Perhaps you or some of your readers may be able to throw light upon this matter. I enclose my card.—l am, &c.. Truth.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4437, 9 June 1875, Page 2
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220THE LATE LORD BROUGHAM. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4437, 9 June 1875, Page 2
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