Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American Patriot and politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the...
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Robert Edward Lee, later the famed Confederate general during the American Civil War. Henry Lee III's brothers were the noted Richard Bland Lee, a three-term...
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revolutionary figures, especially, Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III, and grandfather of Robert E. Lee. Lee was born in 1729 at "Lee Hall" in Westmoreland County...
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of Henry Lee III Major General Henry Lee II (1730–1787), of Leesylvania, father of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III Major General Henry Lee III (1756–1818)...
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William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), known as Rooney Lee (often spelled "Roony" among friends and family) or W. H. F. Lee, was the...
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Capt. Henry Lee I (1691–1747) was a prominent Virginia colonist, planter, soldier and bureaucrat, although today he is known mostly for his family connections...
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Henry III (French: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; Polish: Henryk Walezy; Lithuanian: Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France...
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Carter Lee (March 26, 1773 – June 26, 1829) was the First Lady of Virginia from 1791 to 1794 as the wife of the ninth governor, Henry Lee III. She was...
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redesign of the Lee–Metford (adopted by the British Army in 1888), the Lee–Enfield superseded the earlier Martini–Henry, Martini–Enfield, and Lee-Metford rifles...
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son of Major-General Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III and Matilda Lee. He was a half-brother of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. He was educated at...
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