PLACE OF DEATH: Chantilly, Virginia

PARENTS: Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee

EDUCATION: Received his elementary education from private tutors, was sent to England to complete his education at the academy at Wakefield. He probably returned to Virginia in 1752. He then studied law

OFFICES HELD: Justice of the Peace, Westmoreland County, 1757; Delegate, Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1775; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1775-1779; Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785; Delegate, Virginia Constitutional Ratification Convention, 1788; United States Senator, 1789-1792

PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Chantilly, Virginia

SPOUSE: First wife--Ann Aglett; second wife--Anne Pinckard

MISCELLANEOUS: Lee was a staunch defender of colonial rights and was aligned with Patrick Henry as a strong opponent of the Stamp Act.

In late 1765, Lee reportedly led a "mob of gentlemen" to confront an official stamp collector and force him to promise never again to perform his duty as a stamp collector. Later

Richard Henry Lee was physically suited for public life and oratory. He was over six-feet tall, with pale skin and sandy hair, and he spoke harmoniously, occasionally punctuating his speeches with his maimed hand (the result of a hunting accident) swathed in a black kerchief.

"That these United Colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effective measures of forming foreign alliances. That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective Colonies for their consideration and approbation."

RICHARD HENRY LEE was born in Virginia on January 20, 1732. During his early childhood he was taught at home by tutors, then later completed his education in England. Upon his return, he married, and settled at Chantilly, a plantation in which he took great pride and on which he produced tobacco crops and peach brandy.

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