Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux succeeded in the Barony of 1860 according to the special remainder by his younger brother William Brougham. He was the designer of the brougham, a four-wheeled, horse-drawn style of carriage that bears his name. Brougham's patronage made the renowned French seaside resort of Cannes very popular. He accidentally found the place in 1835, when it was little more than a fishing village on a picturesque coast, and bought there a tract of land and built on it. His choice and his example made it the sanitorium of Europe. Owing to Brougham's influence the beachfront promenade at Nice became known as
Horse-drawn vehicle by a pair (or by a team of several pairs) have a "pole" which attaches between the wheel pair. Other arrangements are also possible, for example, three or more abreast (a "troika"), a wheel pair with a single lead animal (a "unicorn"), or a wheel pair with three lead animals abreast (a "pickaxe"). Very heavy loads sometimes had an additional team behind to slow the vehicle down steep hills. Sometimes at a steep hill with frequent traffic, such a team would be hired to passing wagons to help them up or down the hill. Horse-drawn carriages have been in use