Gordon Brown rakes in more than £1 million on lecture circuit His most lucrative speech, according to the register, was delivered to a conference in Lagos late last year, earning him almost £75,000. The event was organised by the ANAP Foundation, a charity promoting good governance in Nigeria, and the Nigerian national newspaper This Day. The organisers also paid more than £20,000 to fly Mr Brown and his staff to Lagos and put them up. Among Mr Brown's most recent entries in the register was declaration of a payment of almost £63,000 last month for a speech to an investment company in China, Halter Financial. He was paid more than £62,000 for one speech to a South Korean business newspaper, around £61,000 for a speech to a Moscow bank, almost £50,000 for a speech to the King Saud University in Riyadh and almost £50,000 for a speech to an investment management company in Paris. He was made £37,000 for a speech in New Delhi, £48,000 for a speech to Visa International in Singapore and £36,000 for a speech to the Economic Club in Michigan, USA, among others. The former Prime Minister also received an advance of more than £78,000 for his book, Beyond the Crash, published in December 2010. The Guardian paid £7,000 for the serial rights, but all proceeds were donated to charity. However, Mr Brown's earnings pale in comparison with those of his predecessor, Tony Blair, who is said to generate around £12 million a year. In 2009, Tony Blair made around £390,000 for two half-hour speeches delivered in the Philippines.