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Lee Baronets, of Quarendon, Buckinghamshire (1611—1776)
This branch of the family owned Ditchley HouseDitchley
Ditchley is a country house and estate about northeast of Charlbury in Oxfordshire.-Archaeology:There are remains of a Roman villa on the Ditchley Park estate at Watts Wells, less than southeast of the house...
, current home of the Ditchley Foundation
Ditchley Foundation
The Ditchley Foundation is a British organisation based at Ditchley House near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, which aims to promote international relations, especially Anglo-American relations, through a programme of around fifteen annual conferences on matters of international interest...
. The last male heir of the Lees of Quarendon, was the 4th Earl of Lichfield Robert Lee, a grandson of Charles II
Charles II of England
Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
. When he died childless in 1776, the title became extinct once more.
List of the Baronets Lee of Quarendon
- Sir Henry Lee, 1st Bt., of Quarendon, later of DitchleyDitchleyDitchley is a country house and estate about northeast of Charlbury in Oxfordshire.-Archaeology:There are remains of a Roman villa on the Ditchley Park estate at Watts Wells, less than southeast of the house...
(d. by 1632). Heir and cousin of Master of the Royal Armouries Sir Henry LeeHenry Lee of DitchleySir Henry Lee KG , of Ditchley, was Master of the Ordnance under Queen Elizabeth I of England.-Life:Lee became Queen Elizabeth I’s champion in 1570 and was appointed Master of the Royal Armouries in 1580, an office which he held until his death...
. His widow Eleanor Wortley (dau of Sir Richard Wortley of Wortley) married a Parliamentarian in 1633, after inveighing against her son's marriage to a St. John. Her remarriage removed much of the Lee family income during her lifetime. - Sir Francis Henry Lee, 2nd Bt., of Quarendon (1616-1639, died of smallpox aged only 23). He married October 1632 Hon. Anne St. John (b. 5 November 1614; buried 18 March 1696, aged 82) later Countess of Rochester, as her first husband, and had issue 2 sons (and one daughter who died young in 1640) by her.
- Sir Henry Lee, 3rd Bt. (born ca. 1633; d. 1659 of smallpox like his father); he married ca. 1655 Ann Danvers (d. 1659 in childbirth), daughter of Sir John DanversJohn DanversSir John Danvers was an English courtier and politician. He was one of the signatories of the death warrant of Charles I.-Life:Danvers was third and youngest son of Sir John Danvers of Dauntsey, Wiltshire, by Elizabeth Danvers...
, a prominent Puritan neighbor at Cornbury and Chelsea and regicide of King Charles I. They had two daughters who were co-heiresses -- Eleanora, or Ellen (d. 31 May 1691 or 1692), who married 1 February 1672 to Lord NorreysJames Bertie, 1st Earl of AbingdonJames Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon was an English nobleman.Bertie was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his second wife Bridget Bertie , 4th Baroness Norreys, suo jure Lady Norreys. He succeeded his mother as 5th Baron Norreys on the latter's death, c. 1657...
who became Earl of AbingdonEarl of AbingdonEarl of Abingdon is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 30 November 1682 for James Bertie, 5th Baron Norreys of Rycote. He was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his second marriage to Bridget, 4th Baroness Norreys de Rycote, and the younger half-brother of...
in 1682, and - Anne, or Nan (b ca. 1659, d. 29 October 1685 aged 26), later first wife since 16 September 1673 of Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of WhartonThomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC was an English nobleman and politician. He was the son of Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton and his second wife, Jane Goodwin, only daughter of Colonel Arthur Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Buckinghamshire, and heiress to the extensive Goodwin estates in...
; she had no issue, and left her husband her money.
- Eleanora, or Ellen (d. 31 May 1691 or 1692), who married 1 February 1672 to Lord Norreys
- Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th BtSir Francis Lee, 4th BaronetSir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1667....
, of Quarendon, later of Ditchley (d. 1667), who married Lady Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe (later third wife of Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of LindseyRobert Bertie, 3rd Earl of LindseyRobert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, PC, FRS was a British Hereditary Peer. He was the son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey and Martha Cokayne. His mother died shortly after his birth about July 1641.From 1661 to 1666 he was Member of Parliament for Boston in...
, who left two sons Edward Henry Lee and Francis (who passes into obscurity after a bad marriage). - Sir Edward LeeEdward Lee, 1st Earl of LichfieldSir Edward Henry Lee, 5th Baronet, of Ditchley and of Quarendon, created 1st Earl of Lichfield was an English peer. He was a staunch tory and followed James II to Rochester, Kent after the king's escape from Whitehall in December 1688...
5th Bart of Quarendon. King Charles II created him 2nd Baron Spilsbury, Viscount Quarendon and Earl of Litchfield in anticipation of his marriage (1677) to the king's natural daughter Lady Charlotte FitzroyCharlotte Lee, Countess of LichfieldCharlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield , formerly Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England by one of his most notorious mistresses, Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland-Family:She was the fourth child and second daughter of Barbara Palmer née Villiers,...
. The marriage was arranged circa 1674 by his formidable grandmother Anne St. John, Countess of Rochester. They had several children, of whom only a few survived to adulthood. Lichfield replaced his popular cousin by marriage Lord AbingdonJames Bertie, 1st Earl of AbingdonJames Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon was an English nobleman.Bertie was the eldest son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his second wife Bridget Bertie , 4th Baroness Norreys, suo jure Lady Norreys. He succeeded his mother as 5th Baron Norreys on the latter's death, c. 1657...
as Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire briefly in the years 1687-1689 during the reign of James IIJames II of EnglandJames II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
. - George Lee, 2nd Earl of LichfieldGeorge Lee, 2nd Earl of LichfieldGeorge Henry Lee I, 2nd Earl of Lichfield was the sixth son of Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield and his wife Charlotte Fitzroy, an illegitimate daughter of Charles II by his mistress, the celebrated courtesan Barbara Villiers. On 14 July 1716 George Henry Lee succeeded his father as the 2nd...
, 6th Baronet (12 March 1690 -15 February 1743) Grandfather of Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount DillonCharles Dillon, 12th Viscount DillonCharles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon, KP, PC was Member of Parliament for the English borough of Westbury .... - George Lee, 3rd Earl of LichfieldGeorge Lee, 3rd Earl of LichfieldGeorge Henry Lee II, 3rd Earl of Lichfield PC was a British politician and peer. He was made a Privy Councillor and Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms in 1762, holding both honors until death...
, 7th Baronet (21 May 1718 - 19 September 1772) died without issue; he was succeeded by his next surviving uncle. - Robert Lee, 4th Earl of LichfieldRobert Lee, 4th Earl of LichfieldRobert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield was an uncle of the 3rd Earl, George Henry Lee II. He was a son of Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield and his wife Charlotte Fitzroy, an illegitimate daughter of Charles II....
, 8th and last Baronet (3 July 1706 - 3 November 1776) died without issue, leading to the extinction of the earldom and baronetcy. Grandson of Charles II. Ditchley house passed to his niece and then to her son Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount DillonCharles Dillon, 12th Viscount DillonCharles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon, KP, PC was Member of Parliament for the English borough of Westbury ....
Lee Baronets, of Langley (1620—1666)
- Sir Humphry Lee, 1st Baronet (c. 1569–1631)
- Sir Richard Lee, 2nd BaronetSir Richard Lee, 2nd BaronetSir Richard Lee, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
(c. 1600–1660)
Lee Baronets, of Hartwell (1660—1827)
- Sir Thomas Lee, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Lee, 1st BaronetSir Thomas Lee, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685 and from 1689 to 1691....
(1635–1691) - Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd BaronetSir Thomas Lee, 2nd BaronetSir Thomas Lee, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1699.Lee was the son of Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Baronet of Hartwell and his wife Anne Davis, daughter of Sir John Davis of Pangborne, Berkshire.In 1689, Lee was elected Member of Parliament for...
(1660–1702) - Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Baronet (1687–1749)
- Sir William Lee, 4th Baronet (1726–1799)
- Sir William Lee, 5th Baronet (1764–1801)
- Sir George Lee, 6th Baronet (1767–1827)
Lee Baronets, of Lukyns (1941—1967)
The Lee Baronetcy, of Lukyns in the County of SurreySurrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 January 1941 for Kenneth Lee. With his death in 1967, the baronetcy became extinct.
- Sir Kenneth Lee, 1st Baronet (1879–1967)