Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
- Name:
- Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
- Title:
- Governor of Virginia, 1792.
Gave a eulogy at the funeral of George Washington, 1799.
Arrested for debt after retiring from public office.
Wrote, "Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States", 1809. - Other Names:
- "Light Horse Harry"
- Born:
- 01/29/1756
- Birthplace:
- Westmoreland County, VA
- Died:
- 03/25/1818
- Death Location:
- Cumberland Island, Georgia
- Residence:
- PA
NC
Stratford, VA
Westmoreland County, VA
Spottsylvania County, VA.
Cumberland Island, Georgia. - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Fought in the American Revolutionary War, sometimes alongside George Washington.
- Father:
- Lee, Henry.
- Mother:
- Bland, Mary.
- Relations:
- Lee, Henry Richard, assisted in Resolution of Independence in Provincial Congress: first cousin once removed.
- Spouse:
- Lee, Matilda (1764-1790) , cousin, daughter of Philip Ludwell Lee.
Carter, Ann Hill (1779-1829) married in 1793. - Children:
- Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870). Son of Henry Lee and Ann Hill Carter.
- Notes:
- From Evert A. Duyckinck, National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc... Vol. I. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862). facing page -235-9.
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