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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
Born: June 27, 1786
Died: June 3, 1869 (aged 82)
Bio: John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was a British politician and diarist.
Known for:
- Recollections of a Long Life (1786)