The Earl of Lichfield | |
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 Portrait by Godfrey Kneller | |
| Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire | |
| In office 1687–1689 | |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Abingdon |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Abingdon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1663 |
| Died | 14 July 1716 (aged 53) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Charlotte 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ K. Laughton, 'Lee, Fitzroy Henry (1699–1750)’, rev. Philip Carter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004