Born: January 20, 1732, "Stratford Hall," Westmoreland County, Virginia
Married: Ann Aylett, December 5, 1757
Married: Anne Gaskins, July 1769
Died: June 19, 1794, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Burial:
Parents:
Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison Ludwell
Children with Ann Aylett:
Thomas Lee
Ludwell Lee
Mary Lee
Hannah Lee
Marybelle Lee
Children with Anne Gaskins:
Anne Lee
Henrietta Lee
Sarah Caldwell Lee
Cassius Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
In 1766, after Speaker of the House John Robinson died, Richard Henry Lee sought to become the Speaker of the House of Burgesses. He lost the vote to Peyton Randolph.
Richard Henry Lee, Peyton Randolph, and five others were elected by the First Virginia Convention in 1774 to serve as Virginia's delegates to the Continetal Congress.1
Richard Henry Lee was one of the 56 people who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.