BROUGHAM, JOHN (1814-188o), British actor, was born in Dublin on May 9 1814 and died in New York on June 7 1880. He made his first appearance on the London stage, in 1830, at the Tottenham street theatre in Tom and Jerry, in which he played six characters. In 1831 he was a member of Madame Vestris's company ; he remained with her as long as she retained Covent Garden, and he collaborated with Dion Boucicault in writing London Assurance, Dazzle being one of his best parts. In 1840 he managed the Lyceum theatre, for which he wrote several light burlesques, but in 1842 he moved to the United States, where he joined W. E. Burton's company. Later he managed various theatres, not always with financial success, and in 186o he re turned to London, where he adapted or wrote several plays, in cluding The Duke's Motto for Fechter. After the Civil War he returned to New York. Brougham's theatre was opened in 1869 with his comedy Better Late than Never, but this proved a loss and he took to playing with various stock companies. His last appearance was in 1879 as O'Reilly, the detective, in Boucicault's Rescued. Brougham was the author of nearly loo plays, most of them now forgotten. Brougham is said to have been the original of Harry Lorrequer in Charles Lever's novel.