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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.
The 1st Earl of Lichfield from the Lee family was succeeded by his third but eldest surviving son, George Henry Lee, who became the 2nd Earl and 6th Baronet. He constructed the stately home of Ditchley in Oxfordshire. On his death the titles passed to his son George Henry Lee, the 3rd Earl.
LEE, Edward Henry (1663–1716) cr. 5 June 1674 (a minor) earl of LICHFIELD First sat 19 May 1685; last sat 11 Feb. 1689 b. 4 Feb 1663, 1st s. of Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th bt. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Pope, 2nd earl of Downe [I].
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Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield 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.
Biography. Son of Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Baronet of Quarendon and his wife Lady Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe. Edward Lee was Fifth Baronet of Ditchley and of Quarendon. At age 10 he was created Earl of Lichfield. He was also Viscount Quarendon and Baron Spelsbury.
De 1687 a 1689, Lichfield se desempeñó como Lord Teniente de Oxfordshire. Estuvo al mando del Regimiento de Lichfield, un regimiento de infantería del ejército inglés hasta su destitución por simpatías jacobitas después de la Revolución Gloriosa.
