This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brougham, Wilber, Jolls, Van Kuren, Mosher, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DNG.2ACIB/50 Message Board Post: I am one! A Brougham that is! From Schenectady, NY. My family pronounces it Brockum. A statue in Cannes, France was erected to Lord James Brougham for a reason I have forgotten. I believe his name was pronounced Broom or Broam. David Niven pronounced it Broam in the original film of "The Bishops Wife" with Cary Grant and Loretta Young. Kirk Douglas pronounced it the same way in the film "The List Of Adrian Messenger." Kirk is a local boy from Amsterdam, NY but I am sure that Hollywood has no better handle than the rest of us. With updated spellings and mispronuciations through the years, I am sure that a definitive answer will never be discovered. Try Braggham for instance!