Sir Richard Lee, 2nd Baronet
Sir Richard Lee, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1600 – April 1660) 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.
Early life[]
Lee was the son of of Langley and Acton Burnell, Shropshire, and his wife Margaret Corbett, daughter of Richard Corbett of Stoke, justice of the King's Bench.[1]
Career[]
In November 1640, Lee was elected Member of Parliament for Shropshire in the Long Parliament.[2] He was disabled from sitting in parliament on 6 September 1642 for executing a Commission of Array after it was declared illegal. He suffered for his support of the King and had to compound for his estate for £3719.[1]
Personal life[]
Lee married Elizabeth Allen, daughter of Sir Edward Allen, alderman of London. They had two daughters Rachael who married Ralph Cleaton and Mary who married Sir Edward Smythe, 1st Baronet.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c John Burke, John Bernard Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies
- ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- 1600s births
- 1660 deaths
- Baronets in the Baronetage of England
- English MPs 1640–1648
- 17th-century English MP stubs