Virginia House of Burgesses, Representing Virginia at the
Continental Congress |Born:||January 20, 1732|
|Birthplace:||Westmoreland county, Va.| |Education:||Private
school at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. (Farmer)|
|Work:||Justice of the peace, 1757; Virginia House of Burgesses,
1757; Continental Congress, 1774; First US Senator for Virginia,
1789.| |Died:||June 19, 1794| Richard Henry Lee (brother of F.L.
Lee) was born to an aristocratic family at Stratford, in
Westmoreland county, Virginia. He attended a private school in
England, returning to Virginia in 1751. That being the era of
the French and Indian War, Lee formed a militia troop of young
men in his neighborhood, was elected the leader, and marched his
troop to a council in Alexandria where General Braddock was
preparing a campaign on the Ohio river. The young men were
rebuffed by the General and returned home. In 1757 Lee was
appointed Justice of the Peace, and was shortly thereafter
elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. He was amongst those