FitzRoy Henry Lee

FitzRoy Henry Lee
Fitzroy Henry Lee, c. 1725
Born(1699-01-02)2 January 1699
Died14 April 1750(1750-04-14) (aged 51)
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
 United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service1717–1750
RankVice-Admiral
CommandsHMS Looe
HMS Pearl
HMS Falkland
Newfoundland Station
HMS Pembroke
HMS Edinburgh
HMS Suffolk
Leeward Islands Station
Battles / wars

Vice-Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee (2 January 1699 – 14 April 1750) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Commodore Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland.

Lee supposedly inspired the character "Hawser Trunnion" in Tobias Smollett's novel, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.[1]

  1. ^ Laughton, J. K.; Carter, Philip. "Lee, Fitzroy Henry (1699–1750)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16280. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)