He was a member of the Lee family, a historically influential family in Virginia politics.
Early life and education
He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee on January 20, 1732. He was raised and came from a line of military officers, diplomats, and legislators. His father, Thomas Lee, was the governor of Virginia before his death in 1750. Lee spent most of his early life in Stratford, Virginia with his family at Stratford Hall. Here he was tutored and taught in a variety of skills, and witnessed the very beginning of political career as his father sent him around to neighboring planters with the intention for Lee to become associated with neighboring men of like prominence. In 1748, at 16, Lee left Virginia for Yorkshire, England, to complete his formal education at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. Both of his parents died in 1750 and, in 1753, after touring Europe, he returned to Virginia to help his brothers settle the estate his parents had left behind.
Henry Lee, born in Kent in March 1533, was the grandson of Sir Robert Lee (d.1539), and the eldest son of Sir Anthony Lee (d.1549) of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, by his first wife, Margaret Wyatt, daughter of Sir Henry Wyatt of Allington Castle, Kent by Anne Skinner, the daughter of John Skinner of Reigate, Surrey. Margaret Wyatt was a sister of the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt. Lee had three younger brothers, Robert Lee (died c.1598), Thomas Lee, and Cromwell Lee (d.1601), who compiled an Italian-English dictionary. Lee also had an illegitimate half-brother, Sir Richard Lee (d.1608).
Career
Lee became Queen Elizabeth I’s champion in 1570 and was appointed Master of the Armoury in 1580, an office which he held until his death. As Queen's Champion, Lee devised the Accession Day tilts held annually on 17 November, the most important Elizabethan court festival from the 1580s. He retired as Queen's Champion in 1590, and the poems "His Golden Locks" by George Peele and "Time's Eldest Son" were set to music by John Dowland and performed at the lavish retirement pageant. He was made a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1597.
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Ronald "Ron" Holgate won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor as Richard Henry Lee in the original Broadway production of 1776. He reprised his role in the 1972 film.
Director Peter S. Hunt praised Holgate's great energy and ability to ride horseback while lipsyncing to the musical playback while continuing to act for the film. Holgate performed all horseback riding in the scene except for the first exit off screen, which featured a stunt double mounting the horse by jumping on it from behind.
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Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born into a prominent Virginia family, several of Lee's family members served as military officers, diplomats and legislators. After school in England, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and later was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he proposed the colonies should be independent of Great Britain. Though he originally opposed the Constitution, he helped push through the Bill of Rights.
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I don't own this, certain-lee. Happy 4th of July 2015. This is from the longer 3 hour version. In the Director's cut, the scene immediately cuts after Richard Lee rides off screen the first time.
Ronald "Ron" Holgate won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor as Richard Henry Lee in the original Broadway production of 1776. He reprised his role in the 1972 film.
Director Peter S. Hunt praised Holgate's great energy and ability to ride horseback while lipsyncing to the musical playback while continuing to act for the film. Holgate performed all horseback riding in the scene except for the first exit off screen, which featured a stunt double mounting the horse by jumping on it from behind.
I don't own this, certain-lee. Happy 4th of July 2015. This is from the longer 3 hour version. In the Director's cut, the scene immediately cuts after Richard Lee rides off screen the first time.
Ronald "Ron" Holgate won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor as Richard Henry Lee in the original Broadway production of 1776. He reprised his role in the 1972 film.
Director Peter S. Hunt praised Holgate's great energy and ability to ride horseback while lipsyncing to the musical playback while continuing to act for the film. Holgate performed all horseback riding in the scene except for the first exit off screen, which featured a stunt double mounting the horse by jumping on it from behind.
Who was Richard Henry Lee? Despite his accomplishments, he was an important revolutionary who is not remembered nearly enough today. In today’s episode, I’ll di...
Who was Richard Henry Lee? Despite his accomplishments, he was an important revolutionary who is not remembered nearly enough today. In today’s episode, I’ll discuss this extraordinary and influential American patriot, Richard Henry Lee.
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Richard Henry Lee · Bob Lockwood
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Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born into a prominent Virginia family, several of Lee's family...
Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born into a prominent Virginia family, several of Lee's family members served as military officers, diplomats and legislators. After school in England, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and later was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he proposed the colonies should be independent of Great Britain. Though he originally opposed the Constitution, he helped push through the Bill of Rights.
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Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born into a prominent Virginia family, several of Lee's family members served as military officers, diplomats and legislators. After school in England, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and later was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he proposed the colonies should be independent of Great Britain. Though he originally opposed the Constitution, he helped push through the Bill of Rights.
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Follow the life of Richard Henry Lee, delegate to the Continental Congress and one of 56 signers, who bravely proclaimed the original thirteen colonies would br...
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Ronald "Ron" Holgate won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor as Richard Henry Lee in the original Broadway production of 1776. He reprised his role in the 1972 film.
Director Peter S. Hunt praised Holgate's great energy and ability to ride horseback while lipsyncing to the musical playback while continuing to act for the film. Holgate performed all horseback riding in the scene except for the first exit off screen, which featured a stunt double mounting the horse by jumping on it from behind.
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Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born into a prominent Virginia family, several of Lee's family members served as military officers, diplomats and legislators. After school in England, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and later was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he proposed the colonies should be independent of Great Britain. Though he originally opposed the Constitution, he helped push through the Bill of Rights.
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He was a member of the Lee family, a historically influential family in Virginia politics.
Early life and education
He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell Lee on January 20, 1732. He was raised and came from a line of military officers, diplomats, and legislators. His father, Thomas Lee, was the governor of Virginia before his death in 1750. Lee spent most of his early life in Stratford, Virginia with his family at Stratford Hall. Here he was tutored and taught in a variety of skills, and witnessed the very beginning of political career as his father sent him around to neighboring planters with the intention for Lee to become associated with neighboring men of like prominence. In 1748, at 16, Lee left Virginia for Yorkshire, England, to complete his formal education at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. Both of his parents died in 1750 and, in 1753, after touring Europe, he returned to Virginia to help his brothers settle the estate his parents had left behind.
Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn world That will compare with me And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee I can't get down and I won't get down And stay all night with thee For the girl I have in that merry green land I love far better than thee And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee She leaned herself against a fence Just for a kiss or two And with a little pen-knife held in her hand She plugged him through and through And the wind did roar and the wind did moan La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee Come take him by his lilly-white hands Come take him by his feet And throw him in the deep deep well Which is more than one hundred feet And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee Till the flesh drops from your bones For the girl you have in that merry green land Can wait forever for you to come home And the wind did howl and the wind did moan La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
It all went into motion June 7, 1776, when RichardHenry Lee introduced before the Continental Congress a resolution “that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent ...