Henry Lee II | |
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 Possible portrait of Col. Lee | |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Fairfax and Prince William Counties | |
| Colonel | |
| In office October 7, 1776 – 1787 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | John Pope |
| Member of the House of Burgesses from Prince William County | |
| In office 1758–1775 Serving with John Baylis, Foushee Tebbs, Thomas Blackburn | |
| Preceded by | Henry Peyton |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1730 |
| Died | 1787 |
| Resting place | Leesylvania |
| Spouse | Lucy Grymes |
| Children | 8 (including Henry Lee III, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee I, and Edmund Jennings Lee I) |
| Parent(s) | Henry Lee I Mary Bland |
| Occupation | Planter, Soldier, Politician |
Col. Henry Lee II (1730–1787) was an American planter, military officer and politician from Westmoreland and later of Prince William County. Although he served in the Virginia General Assembly for three decades (part-time before and after the American Revolutionary War), as well as held local military and civilian offices, Lee may today be best known for Leesylvania plantation (now a Virginia State Park and on the National Register of Historic Places), having been overshadowed by his cousin Richard Henry Lee and his sons, especially his lawyer sons Charles, Edmund Jennings Lee I and Richard Bland Lee I and his somewhat scandal plagued firstborn son Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III (grandfather of Robert E. Lee).[1][2]
- ^ Dillon, John Forrest, ed. (1903). "Introduction". John Marshall; life, character and judicial services as portrayed in the centenary and memorial addresses and proceedings throughout the United States on Marshall day, 1901, and in the classic orations of Binney, Story, Phelps, Waite and Rawle. Vol. I. Chicago: Callaghan & Company. pp. liv–lv. ISBN 978-0-7222-9147-4.
- ^ Paul C. Nagel, The Lees of Virginia: Seven Generations of an American Family (Oxford University Press 1990, ISBN 0-19-505385-0)