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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.
Jul 12, 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 estate he ...
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.
The unyielding principles of Richard Lee II, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s great-great grandfather. Nathaniel Bacon, 1647 – 1676, was a colonist of the Virginia Colony, instigator of the Rebellion of 1676. Claiming to lead “the people,” Bacon defied the government at Jamestown and demanded reform….
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-
Col. Richard Lee II, Esq. (1647-1715) [1] was a Colonel, planter, member of the Upper House and the King's Council. Richard II, was termed "Richard the Scholar". Richard was the son of Col. Richard Lee I and Anne Constable.
