Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden, British Liberal politician, and speaker of the House of Commons 1872 to 1884
Illustration from Cassell's Century Edition History of England, pub circa 1901. After a photo by J Russell and sons founded by James Russell (1809-1899). Info from wiki: Brand entered parliament as a Liberal in 1852, sat for Cambridgeshire, and for some time was Chief Whip of his party. He was a Lord of the Treasury during the first Palmerston ministry, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury during the second. At some point he was Keeper of the Privy Seal to the Prince of Wales. In 1872 he was elected speaker, and retained this post till February 1884. It fell to him to deal with the systematic obstruction of the Irish Nationalist Party, and his speakership is memorable for his action on 2 February 1881 in refusing further debate on W. E. Forster's Coercion Bill—a step which led to the formal introduction of the closure into parliamentary procedure
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