Ludwell Lee

Ludwell Lee
Speaker of the Virginia Senate
In office
1794–1796
Preceded byJohn James Maund
Succeeded byAlexander Stuart
Member of the Virginia Senate representing Prince William and Fairfax Counties
In office
October 1, 1792 – November 30, 1800
Preceded byJohn Pope
Succeeded byThomson Mason
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Fairfax County
In office
October 19, 1789 – October 16, 1791
Serving with Roger West, Nicholas Fitzhugh
Preceded byDavid Stuart
Succeeded byRoger West
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Prince William County
In office
October 15, 1787 – June 22, 1788
Serving with Cuthbert Bullitt
Preceded byDaniel Carroll Brent
Succeeded byWilliam Grayson
Personal details
Born(1760-10-13)October 13, 1760
Chantilly plantation, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia
DiedMarch 23, 1836(1836-03-23) (aged 75)
Belmont Manor House, Loudoun County, Virginia
Resting placeBelmont Manor House, Loudoun County, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Spouse(s)Flora Lee, Elizabeth Armistead
Parent(s)Richard Henry Lee and Anne Aylett
EducationMiddle Temple, London
Occupationplanter, lawyer

Ludwell Lee (October 13, 1760 – March 23, 1836) was an American lawyer and planter who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly representing Prince William and Fairfax Counties and rose to become the Speaker of the Virginia Senate. Beginning in 1799, following the death of his first wife, Lee built Belmont Manor, a planation house in Loudoun County, Virginia (created from Fairfax and Prince William Counties in 1757, his uncle Francis Lightfoot Lee having served as that county's first Burgess alongside James Hamilton), which today is on the National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]

  1. ^ F.L. Lee married Rebecca Tayloe of Mt. Airy plantation in 1769 and made Menokin Plantation in Richmond County his family's residence for the remainder of his life. See Fairfax Harrison, Landmarks of Old Prince William (1924) (Prince William County Historical Commission by Gateway Press Baltimore 2nd reprint edition 1987) p. 344 n81
  2. ^ Frederick Warren Alexander, Stratford and the Lees:Connected with its History (1912) pp. 141-145