Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux

Michael John Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux, CBE (born 2 August 1938), is a British peer and a Member of the House of Lords.

The Right Honourable The Lord Brougham and Vaux
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Hereditary peerage[lower-alpha 1] 11 November 1999
Preceded by	Seat created[lower-alpha 2]
Hereditary peerage 14 February 1968 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux
Succeeded by	Seat abolished[lower-alpha 2]
Personal details
Born	(1938-08-02) 2 August 1938
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Millfield Northampton Institute of Agriculture

Born the second son of the 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux, Brougham was educated at Millfield, Lycée Jaccard, Switzerland, and the Northampton Institute of Agriculture. On 20 July 1963, he married Olivia Susan Gray and they had one daughter, The Hon. Henrietta Louise (born 23 February 1965). Succeeding to his father's title in 1967, he also divorced his wife that year and married Catherine Jill Gulliver. They have one son, The Hon. Charles William Brougham (born 1971).

Lord Brougham has been deputy chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords, deputy speaker of the House of Lords since 1995 and is also currently 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 has been vice-president since 1990), and has been president of Safety Groups UK since it replaced the National Health and Safety Groups Council, in 2005. He has also been chairman of the Tax Payers' Society from 1989 to 1991 and has been chairman of the European Secure Vehicle Alliance since 1992. In 1995, he was appointed CBE.