Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield

The Earl of Lichfield
Portrait by Godfrey Kneller
Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
In office
1687–1689
Preceded byThe Earl of Abingdon
Succeeded byThe Earl of Abingdon
Personal details
Born4 February 1663
Died14 July 1716(1716-07-14) (aged 53)
Spouse
(m. 1677)
ChildrenCharlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore
Charles Lee, Viscount Quarendon
Edward Lee, Viscount Quarendon
Captain Hon. James Lee
Hon. Francis Lee
Lady Anne Morgan
Hon. Charles Lee
George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield
Hon. Francis Henry Fitzroy Lee
Lady Elizabeth Young
Barbara Browne, Lady Browne
Lady Mary Lee
Hon. Fitzroy Lee
Hon. FitzRoy Henry Lee
Hon. William Lee
Hon. Thomas Lee
Hon. John Lee
Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield

Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield (4 February 1663 – 14 July 1716) was an English peer, the son of a baronet, who at 14 years of age married one of the illegitimate daughters of King Charles II, Charlotte Lee, prior to which he was made Earl of Lichfield. They had a large family; Lady Lichfield bore him 18 children. He was a staunch Tory[1] and followed James II to Rochester, Kent after the king's escape from Whitehall in December 1688.[2] His subsidiary titles were Viscount Quarendon and Baron Spelsbury.

  1. ^ Aston, Nigel (19 September 2023). Enlightened Oxford: The University and the Cultural and Political Life of Eighteenth-Century Britain and Beyond. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-887288-7.
  2. ^ K. Laughton, 'Lee, Fitzroy Henry (1699–1750)’, rev. Philip Carter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004