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Richard Lee II (c. 1647 – c. 1715) was an American planter, politician and military officer from Northumberland County, Virginia who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and was captured during Bacon's Rebellion.
Jan 1, 2024 · Col. Richard Lee II, Esq. (1647-1715) was a Colonel, planter, member of the Upper House and the King's Council. He was known as "Richard the Scholar". Richard was the son of Col. Richard Lee I, Esq., "the Immigrant" (1618-1664) and Anne Constable (ca. 1621-1666). Richard was born at "Paradise", in Northumberland County, Virginia, the ...
His son Richard Lee II married Laetitia Corbin, daughter of The Hon. Henry Corbin of Rappahannock County, was a member of the House of Burgesses and later King's Council.
RICHARD LEE II 3 of the militia, judge of the county court, collector of customs on the Potomac, and member of the all-powerful Council. It is the com-bination of public-spirited gentleman and scholar that gives Lee peculiar interest for us. The second Richard Lee's background fitted him for the role that he was to play in Virginia life.
Richard Lee II ( c. 1647 – c. 1715) was an American planter, politician and military officer from Northumberland County, Virginia who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and was captured during Bacon's Rebellion.
Richard Lee II (1647-1714), of Pleasant Mount, with an analysis and interpretation in accordance with the traditional conception of the colonial tobacco plantation owners of Vir-
Richard Lee II married Letitia Corbin. Four of their sons – Richard, Philip, Thomas, and Henry – became, respectively, are the progenitors of the Mount Pleasant, Maryland, Stratford, and Lee Hall branches of the family.
