Vice-Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee (2 January 1699 – 14 April 1750) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Commodore Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland. Lee supposedly inspired the character "Hawser Trunnion" in Tobias Smollett 's novel, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle .
- 2 January 1699
- Vice Admiral
- 1716–1750
- Royal Navy
Vice-Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Commodore Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for FitzRoy Henry Lee .
Fitzroy Henry Lee (2 de enero de 1699 - 14 de abril de 1750) fue un oficial británico de la Royal Navy que también se desempeñó como Comodoro Gobernador de la Colonia de Terranova . Lee supuestamente inspiró al personaje "Hawser Trunnion" en la novela de Tobias Smollett , Las aventuras de Peregrine Pickle .
LEE, FITZROY HENRY, officer in the Royal Navy, governor of Newfoundland; b. 2 Jan. 1698/99, probably at Ditchley, Oxfordshire, England, son of Sir Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, and Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, natural daughter of Charles II and the Duchess of Cleveland; d. 14 April 1750.
- Michael Godfrey
- LEE, FITZROY HENRY
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3
Fitzroy Henry Lee was born in Oxfordshire, England, c. 1698, the son of the Earl of Lichfield and Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, daughter of Charles II. Lee entered the Royal Navy in 1716 and was promoted lieutenant in 1722 and captain of the Falkland in 1735. Lee was commissioned Governor of Newfoundland in May 1735.
Francis Henry Fitzroy Lee (10 de septiembre de 1692), murió joven. Elizabeth Lee (26 de mayo de 1693 - 29 de enero de 1739), casada con: (1) Francis Lee, su primo. Tuvo un hijo y dos hijas, siendo la mayor Elisabeth (m. 1736, Lyon) casada con Henry Temple, hijo del I vizconde Palmerston.
Fitzroy Henry Lee (2 January 1699 – 14 April 1750) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served as Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, Canada. He was supposedly the model for Hawser Trunnion from Tobias Smollett 's The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. Lee was the seventh son of 1st Earl of Lichfield and Charles II's illegitimate daughter Lady ...